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Patterns of early childhood developmental vulnerabilities may provide useful indicators for particular mental disorder outcomes in later life
We used data from a large Australian population to determine the independent and moderating effects of maltreatment and parental SSDs on early childhood.
The relationship between features of the neighbourhood built environment and early child development was investigated
We examined gestational age from preterm to post-term against a national minimum standard for academic achievement in population data.
Further research is required to identify the optimal age, content and length of mindfulness programs for adolescents in universal prevention settings.
This study finds that the Early Development Instrument shows moderate validity and reliability in poor communities in Indonesia
Adolescents are heavily exposed to unhealthy outdoor food advertisements near schools, however, the marketing power of these advertisements among adolescents has not yet been explored. This study aimed to investigate the teen-directed marketing features present and quantify the overall marketing power of outdoor food advertisements located near schools to explore any differences by content (ie, alcohol, discretionary, core and miscellaneous foods) school type (ie, primary, secondary, K-12) and area-level socio-economic status (SES; ie, low vs high).
Comprehensive quantitative and qualitative evaluation of Community Playgroups across Australia
This research paper reports on the results of investigating measurement invariance of the Early Development Instrument (EDI) in two South-Asian countries.
The aim of this study is to examine whether anaemia of pregnancy is associated with adverse perinatal outcomes and with children's developmental vulnerability.