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The Kids successfully pushed for the mandatory fortification of flour in Aus with the vitamin folic acid for the primary prevention of neural tube defects

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A number of studies at The Kids Research Institute Australia show that reading and talking with your child and sharing language-based encounters, can have a huge impact.

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Benefits in teaching the Alert Program® to students in a region with high reported rates of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and self-regulation impairment

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Developmental assessment of infants with fetal growth restriction was mostly comparable to those born without fetal growth restriction at 12 months

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Self-regulation is a modifiable protective factor for lifespan mental and physical health outcomes. Early caregiver-mediated interventions to promote infant and child regulatory outcomes prevent long-term developmental, emotional and behavioural difficulties and improve outcomes such as school readiness, educational achievement and economic success. To harness the population health promise of these programmes, there is a need for more nuanced understanding of the impact of these interventions.

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There is accumulating evidence for a link between maternal stress during pregnancy and later behavioural and emotional problems in children.

Phage WA have a number of projects underway and these cover a broad range of phage research areas.

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The (PEARL) Programme, implemented by the World Bank, aims to support Pacific Island Countries in building capacity to design, implement, and monitor evidence-based policies and programs for primary schools.

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Screen time is an increasing challenge faced by parents across Australia.

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Research has identified a critical genetic risk factor for a potentially fatal parasitic disease that affects up to 400 thousand people a year, mostly children.