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Holistic Early Childhood Development Index goes global

Children around the world could have better access to education thanks to an early childhood development index created for UNESCO by The Kids researcher, Prof Sally Brinkman.

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Investing in school readiness: A comparison of different early childhood education pathways in rural Indonesia

This paper documents that children in rural Indonesia participate in a great variety of early childhood education pathways

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A population health approach in education to support children's early development: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis

The results from this review indicate that it would indeed be plausible to adapt the population health approach to sites and schools

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Implementing and Evaluating Interventions to Improve School Readiness and Early Literacy

The implementation of the Pacific early age readiness and learning program has generated significant data, evidence, operational experience, and knowledge

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Birth outcomes and academic achievement in childhood: A population record linkage study

This study used population-based record linkage to examine the association between early life risk factors and academic achievement.

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The early Human Capability Index (eHCI)

The Early Human Capability Index is a holistic measure intended to capture early child development across diverse cultures and contexts.

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Infant simulators fail to reduce teen pregnancy

A The Kids Research Institute Australia study has found a popular education programme where teenagers care for a "robot" baby fails to reduce teen pregnancy, and could in fac

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Review of Inclusive Preschool Program

Yasmin Adrienne Harman-Smith Gregory BA, BHlthSc(Hons), PhD BSocSci, MPhil Head, Early Years Systems Evidence; Head, Tenders Support Unit Project

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Technology powering research

Researchers at The Kids are harnessing the power of apps and other online tools to ensure the results of their research reach those who need it most – children, young people and families.