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Family structure and childhood mental disorders: new findings from AustraliaThis report provides new evidence of the relationships between family structure and childhood mental disorders in an under-researched context, Australia
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Does the reason matter? How student-reported reasons for school absence contribute to differences in achievement outcomes among 14–15 year oldsWe used data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children to examine the reasons for 14-15 year old absences and how they relate to outcomes in year 9.
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School-based promotion of mental health and wellbeing to address bullyingThe complexity of an issue such as school bullying and how this is best addressed as part of a systematic whole-school approach
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Influence of the day care, home and neighbourhood environment on young children's physical activity and health: protocol for the PLAYCE observational studyThe PLAYCE study will empirically investigate the relative and cumulative influence of the day care, and home environment on preschoolers’ physical activity
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Improving self-regulation and executive functioning skills in primary school children in a remote Australian Aboriginal community: A pilot study of the Alert Program®This community partnered pilot research, evaluated a school-based program to reduce the behavioral impact of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
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Who's declining the "free lunch"? New evidence from the uptake of public child dental benefitsThis study provides the first evidence on the determinants of uptake of two recent public dental benefit programs for Australian children and adolescents from disadvantaged families. Using longitudinal data from a nationally representative survey linked to administrative data with accurate information on eligibility and uptake, we find that only a third of all eligible families actually claim their benefits.
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Tasmania’s child and family centres building parenting capability: a mixed methods studyThis mixed methods study investigated the impact of Tasmania’s Child and Family Centres on parents’ confidence and competence
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Still keen and committed: piloting an instrument for identifying positive veteran teachersInitial findings suggest the potential of the instrument in helping identifying positive veteran teachers within systems, as well as the voracity of the research approach
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Mental-health disparities between heterosexual and sexual-minority adolescents: Examining the role of informant discrepanciesUnderstanding informant discrepancies and their meaning is pivotal to designing surveys that generate robust insights into the health of sexual-minority adolescents
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Designs on Narrative: A Design-Based Method to Elicit Young People’s Narratives About Electronic Image-Sharing Issues and InterventionsThe narrative structure innate to the Design Thinking process offered a picture of electronic image-sharing problems and related solutions from young people’s perspectives