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Shade coverage, ultraviolet radiation and children’s physical activity in early childhood education and care

The provision of shade, particularly through natural forms such as tree canopy, is an important sun protection strategy and enabler of outdoor time

Healthy population ageing depends on investment in early childhood learning and development

Interventions in the early years provide a sustainable solution by generating long-term labour productivity and social welfare benefits

Normative data of muscle fiber diameter of vastus lateralis during childhood: a field test

This short report highlights the requirement for contemporary age-specific normative data from a larger number of biopsies, including typically developing children

Early childhood education and child development in four countries in East Asia and the Pacific

Results indicate that early childhood education is beneficial for children's early development

Cord Blood IL-12 Confers Protection to Clinical Malaria in Early Childhood Life

Cord blood background IL-12 concentrations are important for protecting children from clinical malaria

Living on a farm, contact with farm animals and pets, and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

These findings add additional evidence to the hypothesis that regular contact with animals in early childhood is inversely associated with childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Early vaccination protects against childhood leukemia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Growing evidence supports a role for infection in the etiology of ALL and the involvement of immune systems suggests that vaccination may also play a role.

Latent Class Analysis of Neurodevelopmental Deficit After Exposure to Anesthesia in Early Childhood

Some studies suggest an association between early exposure to anesthesia, surgery and long term developmental deficit, clinical phenotype of children is unknown

The psychosocial burden of childhood overweight and obesity: evidence for persisting difficulties in boys and girls

Overweight and obese children reported greater psychosocial distress than healthy weight children, and these differences were more pronounced for girls than boys.

Creating community indicators for early childhood development: challenges and innovations from the kids in communities study

The community (or neighbourhood) is seen as a potential point of intervention for improving early childhood development outcomes through place-based approaches targeting all children. Yet there are insufficient robust data to guide policy and practice. Developing community factors for early childhood development is one way to facilitate more informed, evidence-based community action. This paper discusses the methodological learnings from the Kids in Communities Study, an Australian investigation into community-level factors important for early childhood development, including some of the challenges and innovations associated with the measurement and development of indicators.