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WA Department of Health Merit Awards - Project - Improving Aboriginal health disparities: the influence of education, child protection and justice systems over time and across generationsFrancis Sarah Mitrou Johnson BEc BA, PostGradDip; PhD Program Head, Population Health, and Team Head, Human Development and Community Wellbeing Senior Research Fellow 08 6319 1499 francis.mitrou@thekids.org.au Sarah.Johnson@thekids.org.au Program
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Tassie Kids: PathwaysTassie Kids will bring together information about what early childhood services families use across the first five years of a child’s life.
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Developing a protocol for a national study of bullying prevalance in school-aged childrenFrancis Steve Mitrou Zubrick BEc FASSA, FAAMHS, MSc AM PhD Program Head, Population Health, and Team Head, Human Development and Community Wellbeing Honorary Emeritus Research Fellow 08 6319 1499 08 6319 1409 francis.mitrou@thekids.org.au
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CFC ReportThe Tasmanian Government has made a significant commitment in recent years to ensure children have the best possible start in life.
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Understanding the reasons behind student absencesA student’s learning potential is limited if they do not attend school regularly.
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Time investment and child developmentThis project aims to explore how Australian children spend their time over an extended and important period of their lives (from birth to 16/17 years old) and how such time allocation contributes to their development outcomes.
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The Effects of Interpregnancy Intervals, Family Size & Sociodemographic Factors on Child Development Outcomes at Age 5This project will investigate the effects of the time interval between pregnancies (interpregnancy interval), family size and other sociodemographic factors on child development outcomes at age five.
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The effectiveness of a Consumer Centred Tobacco Management (CCTM) approach in enabling mental health consumers to reduce or quit smokingThe aim of this pilot study is to test if the CCTM approach is more effective than business as usual methods at supporting mental health consumers to reduce their tobacco dependence or quit smoking altogether.
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Student achievement against national minimum standards for reading and numeracy in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9This project will examine how the categorisation of NAPLAN scores into bands affects the learning progress of low-achieving students.
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Pathways between racial discrimination and the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young peopleThis PhD project aims to examine the associations and causal pathways between racial discrimination and the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal children and young people aged 0-17 years.