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Children who are mainly breastfed for the first six months (or longer) score significantly higher academically at 10 years of age, especially boys.
WA researchers awarded $9.7 million for ground-breaking child health studies
A new Australian study has found that the number of newborns suffering serious drug withdrawal symptoms is now more than 40 times higher than in 1980.
Almost 30% of 14-year-old Australian children fall within a group identified as being at future increased risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes or stroke
Findings from the world's largest study on language emergence have revealed that one in four late talking toddlers continue to have language problems at age 7
Leading child advocates have called for a new approach to tackling child abuse and neglect amid rising rates of abuse notifications
Nearly a quarter of Australian children could be developmentally at risk, according to the findings of the Australian Early Development Index (AEDI)
This project aims to inform harm prevention and minimisation strategies by investigating outcomes and points for early intervention in young people with alcohol-related harm. Researchers will also compare outcomes between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal youth.
This research paper reports on the results of investigating measurement invariance of the Early Development Instrument (EDI) in two South-Asian countries.
The purpose of this article is to investigate whether the number and timing of stressors experienced during pregnancy impacted longterm motor development at...