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There has been concerns about the increasing incidence of youth depression and anxiety, with school teachers seeking out ways to better equip youth with skills to help them deal with daily life. A resilience training programme for youth was implemented in one region of New Zealand.

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There is increasing international interest in place-based approaches to improve early childhood development (ECD) outcomes. The available data and evidence are limited and precludes well informed policy and practice change. Developing the evidence-base for community-level effects on ECD is one way to facilitate more informed and targeted community action.

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The relationship between features of the neighbourhood built environment and early child development was investigated

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most children report mental health and well-being, but the population distribution spanned the full range of possible scores on every construct.

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This article examines the relationship between preschool quality and children’s early development in a sample of over 7900 children enrolled in 578 preschools in rural Indonesia.

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

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Childhood maltreatment and history of parental SSD are associated independently with poor early childhood social-emotional functioning

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We examined the association of maternal factors and infant nutrition, with the subsequent diagnosis of NAFLD in adolescents

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The themes that emerged from the data and addressed the methodological aim were the need for safe communication processes; supportive engagement processes and supportive organisational processes.

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Participant’s interviews describe how the Cultural, Social and Emotional Well Being(CSEWB) Program significantly changed their lives and their families’ lives in various constructive and affirming ways to bring about positive outcomes.