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The ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course (Life Course Centre or LCC)The Life Course Centre is a national centre funded by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence Scheme and hosted through the University of Queensland with collaborating nodes at the University of Western Australia, Sydney University and University of Melbourne.

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Bright Tomorrows Start Today (Parent App)The Bright Tomorrows app developed at The Kids Research Institute Australia aims to assist parents of children aged 0-5 years to support their child to develop the building blocks of several essential life skills.
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Effectiveness of childcare centre interventions to increase young children’s physical activityThe aim of this project is to evaluate the efficacy of childcare centre based interventions to increase young children’s physical activity.
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Social Ventures Australia Evidence SummariesA series of 12 Australasian Research Summaries were generated by CoLab for the Evidence for Learning website in partnership with Edith Cowan University and Fraser Mustard Centre.
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The Impact of Unfavourable Climatic Conditions on Children and FamiliesThis project aims to explore the impacts of unfavourable climatic conditions on children and families.

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Landmark language study draws to a close - but the work is just beginningA joint initiative between The Kids Research Institute Australia, The University of Western Australia, the University of Kansas and Nebraska University, it is the world’s only study to conduct such a detailed assessment of language and literacy development from infancy through the formative adolescent years.
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Longitudinal trajectories of mental health in Australian children aged 4-5 to 14-15 yearsThis paper offers a rare opportunity to longitudinally examine mental health in a population-representative study of children aged 4-5 years to 14-15 years
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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 Western Australian population cohort.
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Properties of the DASS-21 in an Australian Community Adolescent PopulationThis study evaluated for a multifactor structure in the DASS-21 teenagers and the specifics of the 3 subscales for teenagers in general at different stages.
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Key findings from the second Australian Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and WellbeingThe prevalence of mental disorders in children and adolescents in Australia, and the severity and impact of those mental disorders