Our findings suggest that immigrants in Australia have emotional or altruistic connections to their home countries ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• March 2020

Compared developmental health or wellbeing outcomes for maltreated children placed in out-of-home care with those cared for in their home ...

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• 2016
• July 2016

Early childhood is recognised as a critical window of opportunity for physical literacy development, however early childhood educators typically lack the training required to effectively provide appropriate physical literacy opportunities for children. ...

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• 2023
• September 2023

Aspergillus species and P. aeruginosa are commonly present in the lower airways from infancy ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• September 2019

The United Nation, recognizing the importance of nutrition as a part of the challenges faced by humanity, and declared 2016-2025 the decade of nutrition. ...

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• 2017
• August 2017

Children of parents who have been hospitalised with psychiatric disorders are at risk for poor school readiness ...

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• 2019
• October 2019

Interparental conflict (IPC) has the potential to adversely affect children's social, emotional, and behavioural functioning. The overall objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between both the severity and chronicity of IPC across early and middle childhood and children's emotional-behavioural functioning at 10-11 years. Specifically, we aimed to: (1) identify distinct trajectories of IPC spanning 10-11 years since birth of the study child as reported by mothers, and (2) examine the emotional-behavioural functioning of children exposed to the identified IPC trajectories. ...

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• 2021
• January 2021

A lifestyle intervention starting in the first-trimester pregnancy utilising e-health mode of delivery is feasible ...

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• 2020
• January 2020

In Australia, there is little empirical research of the racial identity of Indigenous children and youth as the majority of the current literature focuses on... ...

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• 2015
• January 2015

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic disorder characterised by neurodevelopmental delays, hyperphagia, difficulties with social communication and challenging behaviours. Individuals require intensive supervision from caregivers which may negatively affect caregiver quality of life. This study used data collected in the Australasian PWS Registry to evaluate associations between child behaviours and caregiver mental well-being. ...

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• 2021
• September 2021

Amy Andrew Carol Deborah Gail Helen Jenny Kandice Martyn Finlay-Jones Whitehouse Watch and listen to Andrew Bower Strickland Alvares Leonard Downs Varcin Symons AFJ AJ C DH GA HM JA KJ MS BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych) ...

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Gina Matt Francis Trapp Cooper Mitrou GT MC FG BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD BCA Marketing, BSc Statistics and Applied Statistics, PhD BEc ARC DECRA Fellow & Head of Food and Nutrition Research Manager, Biometrics Program Head, Population Health, and ...

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