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Bright Tomorrows Start Today (Parent App)Our team: Karen Forde (Project Lead), Candice Rainsford (Project Coordinator), Aida Noordin (Research Assistant) and Joanne Readman (Project
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Effectiveness of childcare centre interventions to increase young children’s physical activityGina Hayley Trapp Christian BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD BSc (1st Class Hons), PhD W.Aust. Honorary Research Associate Program Head, Healthy Behaviours
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Maximising fathers’ roles in preventing adolescent alcohol-related harm. (Fathers and Adolescent Alcohol Use Project)Robyn Karen Gina Johnston Lombardi Trapp BSc, Post Grad Dip, PhD BHSc (Hons), PhD BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD Senior Research Officer Research Fellow
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Social Ventures Australia Evidence SummariesDavid Gina Helen Kevin Ansell Trapp Monks Runions DipTeach BEd PGD H Science MPhil MPA BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD MPH BA(Psych) PhD BSc (Hons) BEd MA
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The Core Story for Early Childhood Development and Learning in AustraliaInvestigators: Alana Buckley-Carr, Anna MacTiernan, Karen Forde, Kayla Newland, Samantha Veurink Partners: 303 MullenLowe, Minderoo Foundation A ‘

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Landmark language study draws to a close - but the work is just beginningA joint initiative between The Kids Research Institute Australia, The University of Western Australia, the University of Kansas and Nebraska University, it is the world’s only study to conduct such a detailed assessment of language and literacy development from infancy through the formative adolescent years.
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Language, cognitive flexibility, and explicit false belief understanding: Longitudinal analysis in typical development and specific language impairmentThe current study sought to further investigate in 91 English-speaking typically developing children and 30 children with specific language impairment...
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Inequalities in healthcare provision for people with severe mental illnessThere are many factors that contribute to the poor physical health of people with severe mental illness (SMI), including lifestyle factors and medication side e
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Rates and types of hospitalisations for children who have subsequent contact with the child protection systemTo determine whether children who have child maltreatment allegation or substantiation have a higher rate of general hospital admissions and injury related admi
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Echoes of disadvantage across generations? The influence of unemployment and separation of grandparents on their grandchildrenThis is a rare examination of joblessness over 3 succeeding generations and its onward effects upon children, and is one of the few in the research literature.