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Children's neighbourhood physical environment and early development: an individual child level linked data studyThe neighbourhood physical environment has a weak but significant association with early childhood development
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Healthy population ageing depends on investment in early childhood learning and developmentInterventions in the early years provide a sustainable solution by generating long-term labour productivity and social welfare benefits
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Lao People's Democratic Republic – Early Childhood Education Project : snapshot two – child health and nutritionThis snapshot highlights that child under nutrition is a serious public health issue in Northern Laos PDR
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Children’s voices must be heardAround seven per cent of children and young people live in poverty, and one third are developmentally vulnerable when they start full-time school.
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CoLab Early Years InitiativeAs we all know, we only get one start in life. Like the Minderoo Foundation, our partners in CoLab, we are determined to ensure that every start is a strong one for children across Australia.
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ORIGINS Project shines light on Early Childhood DevelopmentA collaboration between The Kids Research Institute Australia and Joondalup Health Campus is poised to be a game-changer for early childhood development.
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The Kids researcher awarded prestigious EU Horizon 2020 grantProfessor Cate Taylor, is part of an International cohort of researchers to secure over €1.45million in grant funding from the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme.
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Meaningful moments build young brainsReading to your child is one of the easiest, most enjoyable activities you can do as a parent or caregiver.
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Chronic illness affects young children’s school readinessResearchers from the The Kids Research Institute Australia and UWA have found that young children with a chronic disease are more likely to fall behind their peers in a wide
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Methodological approach to exploring change in the Australia Early Development Instrument (AEDI): The estimation of a critical differenceThis report provides the technical details for the methodology calculated to determine "how big" a difference in the AEDI results between 2009 and 2012 is...