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Caregiver-perceived racial discrimination is associated with diverse mental health outcomes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 7-12 yearsExposure to racial discrimination in Aboriginal children increased the risk for a spectrum of interrelated factors linked to negative mental health
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Pre-existing adversity, level of child protection involvement, and school attendance predict educational outcomes in a longitudinal study.The current study has three aims. First, to identify the prevalence of low educational achievement among children with different levels of contact with the...
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Using Avoidable Admissions to Measure Quality of Care for Cardiometabolic and other PhysicalThis paper uses population-based, record-linkage to examine access to appropriate primary care in Australian and Canadian...
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Population Health ProgramListed are all The Kids Research Institute Australia research teams involved in our Population Health Program. This program sits under the Brain and Behaviour research theme.
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Severity and persistence of asthma and mental health: a birth cohort studyThe goal of the current study was to investigate asthma and mental health among youth in the community.
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Joint attention and parent-child book readingGood language development is an integral component of school readiness and academic achievement.
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Adjusting for under-identification of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander births in time series produced from birth recordsStatistical time series derived from administrative data sets form key indicators in measuring progress.
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Social Gradients in Indigenous HealthThe pattern of association between socioeconomic factors and health outcomes has primarily depicted better health for those who are higher in the social...
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Fathers’ Self-Compassion and Child Attachment Quality: Testing a Sequential Indirect Effect via Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Loneliness and psychological distress in two paternal samplesSelf-compassion has emerged as a promising treatment target to promote healthy parent–child relationships, though mostly in maternal samples. The mechanisms through which self-compassion may optimise the father-child relationships are not yet well-established.
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Origins and developmental paths of medical conditions from mid-childhood to mid-adolescence in Australia: Early-life adverse conditions and their lasting effectsThis study investigates various common medical conditions affecting Australian children aged 4–14 years and the impact of prenatal and early-life conditions on these health conditions using a large national data set with 15 years of follow-up.