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Creating community indicators for early childhood development: challenges and innovations from the kids in communities studyThe 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.
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Adolescent Bystander Behavior in the School and Online Environments and the Implications for Interventions Targeting CyberbullyingThe aim of this study was to add to the emerging knowledge about the role of bystanders in cyberbullying.
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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Australia: Practice guidelines for diagnosis and managementFetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Australia: Practice guidelines for diagnosis and management
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Transcriptional dynamics during human adipogenesis and its link to adipose morphology and distributionOur results suggest a complex but highly coordinated regulation of adipogenesis
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Developmental trajectories of sleep problems from childhood to adolescence both predict and are predicted by emotional and behavioral problemsFindings from this study provide empirical evidence for the heterogeneity of sleep problems and their development
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Liquor landscapes: Does access to alcohol outlets influence alcohol consumption in young adults?Longitudinal analyses showed that for each increase in liquor stores over time, alcohol consumption increased
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Secondary preventive medication use in a prevalent population-based cohort of acute coronary syndrome survivorsLonger time since last acute coronary syndrome admission was associated with dispensing fewer medications types and combinations in 2008
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Epidural insertion height for ureteric reimplant surgery; does location matter?The caudal catheter technique was superior at reducing pain interventions, particularly bladder spasm interventions
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Validity and Reliability of the Early Development Instrument in IndonesiaThis study finds that the EDI shows moderate validity and reliability in poor communities in Indonesia and highlights some of the difficulties associated with adapting western instruments for non-western cultures and contexts.
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Breastfeeding and motor development: A longitudinal cohort studyEarly life feeding practices have an influence on motor development outcomes into late childhood and adolescence independent of sociodemographic factors