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Adverse Childhood Experiences, Associated Stressors and Comorbidities in Children and Youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder across the Child Protection and Justice Settings in Western AustraliaIndividuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) are at risk of having adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), especially those with child protection or justice system involvement. The complex relationship between FASD and psychosocial vulnerabilities in the affected individual is an important clinical risk factor for comorbidity.
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Interparental Conflict Across the Early Parenting Period: Evidence From Fathers Participating in an Australian Population-Based StudyCurrent evidence about the prevalence of interparental conflict (IPC) during early parenthood is primarily based on mothers’ reports. Drawing upon Australian longitudinal data from 4136 fathers, the aims of the study were to report on the extent to which fathers report IPC across six biennial time intervals when their children were aged 6–12 months to 10–11 years, identify trajectories of IPC over time and identify postnatal factors (at the initial time point) associated with high risk trajectories of IPC.
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Supporting Parents as their Child’s First Teacher: Aboriginal Parents’ Perceptions of KindiLinkThis paper reports on Aboriginal parents’ perceptions about their involvement in a Western Australian pilot initiative called KindiLink. The program seeks to support parents as their child’s first teacher and thereby enhance Aboriginal children’s early-years development, while strengthening relationships between families and schools. A constructivist paradigm was used to inform the methodology which placed Aboriginal voices at the centre of the research.
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Associations between biological and sociodemographic risks for developmental vulnerability in twins at age 5: a population data linkage study in Western AustraliaTo investigate the prevalence of, and associations between, prenatal and perinatal risk factors and developmental vulnerability in twins at age 5.
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Combining whole-school and targeted programs for the reduction of bullying victimization: A randomized, effectiveness trialThe current effectiveness trial evaluated the combination of a whole-school program designed to prevent bullying perpetration and victimization
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Global supermarkets' corporate social responsibility commitments to public health: A content analysisInvestigate the world's largest and most powerful supermarkets' publically available CSR commitments to determine their potential impact on public health
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Maternal alcohol use disorder and subsequent child protection contact: A record-linkage population cohort studyWe examined the relationship between a maternal alcohol-use diagnosis, and the timing of diagnosis, and child protection outcomes in a WA population cohort.
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Worries, 'weirdos', neighborhoods and knowing people: a qualitative study with children and parents regarding children's independent mobilityThis study involved focus groups with 132 children and 12 parents in primary and secondary school in Victoria to explore children's independent mobility.
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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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Differences in serum zinc levels in acutely ill and remitted adolescents and young adults with bulimia nervosa in comparison with healthy controls – a cross-sectional pilot studyResearch has implicated that changes in Zn metabolism may be associated with the biological underpinnings of eating disorders, in particular anorexia nervosa.