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Encouraging the positive use of technology through community engagementDescribe a seven stage community engagement process to develop and disseminate community uptake strategies which encouraged cyber safety
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Parent voices guide smoking intervention developmentWhile parents' influence on their children's smoking behaviour is widely recognised, little is known about parents of four to eight year olds' attitudes and...
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Premature to conclude no genetic basis to the association between smoking and major depressive disorderWe analyzed two large-scale surveys, and found high rates of smoking in people with mood disorders and both with and without substance dependence disorders.
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Intellectual disability and other neuropsychiatric outcomes in high-risk children of mothers with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and unipolar major depressionWe examined risk of intellectual disability and other neuropsychiatric outcomes in children of mothers with and without schizophrenia, bipolar or depression.
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The science of prevention for children and youthThe high prevalence of social, emotional and behavioural health problems in children and young people in Australia
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The long-term effects of breastfeeding on child and adolescent mental health: A Pregnancy Cohort Study followed for 14 yearsTo determine whether there was an independent effect of breastfeeding on child and adolescent mental health
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Maternal life stress events in pregnancy link to children's school achievement at age 10 yearsTo test the hypothesis that maternal antenatal exposure to life stress events is associated with lower achievement in literacy and numeracy at age 10 years,...
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Empathy, Perspective Taking and Prosocial Behaviour: The Importance of Parenting PracticesThe current study analyzed the relationships among maternal empathy, parenting that encourages the child to take the perspective of others andcognitive empathy.
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Children's language development 0-9 years. In Growing up in Australia:Language development is one of the most important developmental accomplishments of early childhood and is the foundation for literacy, educational...
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Social gradients in the health of indigenous australiansWe begin to bridge this knowledge gap by assessing evidence on social gradients in indigenous health in Australia.