This study reports on a three-year group randomized controlled trial, the Cyber Friendly Schools Project, aimed to reduce cyberbullying among grade 8 students ...

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• 2018
• November 2018

This study reports on a three-year group randomized controlled trial, the Cyber Friendly Schools Project (CFSP), aimed to reduce cyberbullying among grade 8... ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2015
• March 2015

The goal of the article is to support the early childhood sector's efforts to increase the salience of early childhood as a social issue and change policy and practice to better support young children and their families. Cultural models shape how people think about social issues and support solutions. ...

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• 2023
• February 2023

Teachers and school executive teams are often required to address health and wellbeing issues affecting students' learning ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2016
• April 2016

Professional development of school staff can be enhanced with carefully developed and delivered online learning resources ...

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• 2016
• January 2016

Helen Samantha Monks Veurink H SV MPH BA(Psych) PhD BSc PostGradDip MPH Senior Project Officer Research Officer 08 6319 1470 08 6319 1492 helen.monks@telethonkids.org.au Samantha.Veurink@telethonkids.org.au Senior Research Officer Research Officer ...

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Even in the safety of their home, there are many risky places a child or teenager can visit online. This can be due to the content they see, who they come into contact with, and personal information they share. ...

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Describe a seven stage community engagement process to develop and disseminate community uptake strategies which encouraged cyber safety ...

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• 2016
• January 2016

Outside-of-school-hours-care (OSHC) services are well positioned to influence the health behaviours of 489, 800 Australian children, and are an important setting for health promotion given the current rates of childhood overweight and obesity and associated health risks. OSHC Professionals are ideally placed to become positive influencers in this setting, although they may require training and support to confidently perform this role. ...

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• 2021
• December 2021

The perspectives of professionals involved in bullying and cyberbullying policy construction, across three different Australian states ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2016
• January 2016

The formation of online communities instils a sense of connectedness which can ameliorate the mental health concerns that result from minority stressors for lesbian, gay, queer, intersex, asexual, and other diverse genders/sexualities (LGBTQIA+). The aim of this study was to explore how LGBTQIA + people communicate social and mental health concerns on TikTok. ...

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• 2023
• September 2023

Australia likes to call itself the land of the "Fair Go". But what does a Fair Go mean for students from backgrounds of deep disadvantage? The UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 aim to ensure "inclusive and equitable quality education and [to promote] lifelong learning opportunities for all" (United Nations, 2015). ...

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• 2021
• September 2021