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Poverty, Parental Mental Health and Child/Adolescent Mental Disorders: Findings from a National Australian SurveyThe purpose of this study is to examine the association between poverty and child mental disorders
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Maternal smoking and low family income during pregnancy as predictors of the relationship between depression and adiposity in young adultsWe aimed to investigate the influence of antenatal and postnatal factors on the increasing incidence of overweight/obesity and mental health disorders in young adults
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Pets Are Associated with Fewer Peer Problems and Emotional Symptoms, and Better Prosocial Behavior: Findings from the Longitudinal Study of Australian ChildrenPets may protect children from developing social-emotional problems and should be taken into account when assessing child development and school readiness
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Evaluation of a public education campaign to support parents to reduce adolescent alcohol useThe Parents, Young People and Alcohol campaign achieved high awareness and positively influenced parental outcomes
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Navigating 'the system' to find supports and services for people with developmental disability: How can research help make this a better journey?Parents navigate what can be a confusing world of early intervention services, residing in the health, disability and/or education sectors
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Tasmania’s child and family centres: a place-based early childhood services model for families and children from pregnancy to age fiveTasmania’s child and family centres users made more use of early childhood services than did non-users
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Does late childbearing increase the risk for behavioural problems in children? a longitudinal cohort studyThis study aimed to examine the relationship between advanced parental age and behavioural outcomes in offspring in a longitudinal cohort of children in WA.
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Is the effect of compulsory community treatmentWe investigated whether a reduction of preventable deaths from physical disorders was mediated by better access to specialized medical procedures.
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Development and Assessment of Cumulative Risk Measures of Family Environment and Parental Investments in the Longitudinal Study of Australian ChildrenThis study aimed to derive and assess summary indices of three domains of the family environment, including a Family Stress Index, Home Education Index and Parenting Index
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Transition to secondary school: Expectation versus experienceThis study investigated what young people in primary school reported being worried about with their impending move to secondary school, and how their...