The Parents, Young People and Alcohol campaign achieved high awareness and positively influenced parental outcomes ...

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• 2018
• July 2018

The Kids in Communities Study will test and investigate community-level influences on child development across Australia ...

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• 2017
• March 2017

Previous studies showed that unfavourable weather conditions discourage physical activity. However, it remains unclear whether unfavourable weather conditions have a differential impact on physical activity in children compared with adults. ...

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• 2023
• April 2023

This paper provides the first causal evidence on the impact of retirement on housing choices. Our empirical strategy exploits the discontinuity in the eligibility ages for state pension as an instrument for the endogenous retirement decision and controls for time-invariant individual characteristics. The results show that retirement leads to a statistically significant and sizable increase in the probability of making a residential move or the likelihood of becoming outright homeowners. ...

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• 2024
• March 2024

The PLAYCE Study instruments provide reliable measures of early childhood education and care physical activity environments ...

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• 2020
• April 2020

Amy Bep Finlay-Jones Uink AFJ BU BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych) BPsych(Hons.), MAppPsy(Clinical), PhD Head, Early Neurodevelopment & Mental Health; Healthway WA Senior Research Fellow Honorary Research Associate +61 8 ...

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Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) exposure during pregnancy is linked to serious adverse child outcomes, including Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. The Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP) supports women with problematic AOD use, who are pregnant or have young children, and are not effectively engaging with services. PCAP has been shown to reduce alcohol exposed pregnancies, promote AOD abstinence, increase employment and family planning and improve child outcomes. ...

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• 2022
• August 2022

Previous research has highlighted children's frequent exposure to advertisements of unhealthy food and beverages on television. However, the food industry is increasingly utilising non-broadcast channels such as outdoor advertising (eg billboards, bus shelters, shop fronts) for product marketing. ...

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• 2022
• July 2022

Gina Trapp GT BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD ARC DECRA Fellow & Head of Food and Nutrition Research 0410 589 374 Gina.Trapp@telethonkids.org.au ARC DECRA Fellow & Head of Food and Nutrition Research Dr Gina Trapp is Head of Food and Nutrition Research ...

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Preventing the rise in obesity is a global public health priority. Neighbourhood environments can help or undermine people's efforts to manage their weight, depending on availability of nutritious and nutrient-poor 'discretionary' foods. The proportion of household food budgets spent on eating outside the home is increasing. To inform nutrition policy at a local level, an objective assessment of the nutritional quality of foods and beverages on food service menus that is context-specific is needed. ...

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• 2023
• February 2023

This study aimed to summarize the attributes that have been examined in existing peer-reviewed studies of Australian consumer nutrition environments ...

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• 2018
• May 2018

Longitudinal analyses showed that for each increase in liquor stores over time, alcohol consumption increased ...

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• 2017
• February 2017