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Parent–child book reading across early childhood and child vocabulary in the early school yearsThe current study investigated the extent to which low levels of joint attention in infancy and parent-child book reading across early childhood increase the...
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Factors relating to pregnancy and birth and the risk of childhood brain tumors: Results from an Australian case-control studyChildhood brain tumors (CBT) are the leading cause of cancer death in children, yet their causes are largely known. This study investigated the association...
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Early Childhood Research and Indonesia's Young ChildrenThis chapter assesses what global evidence tells us about the importance of early childhood education and development...
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Young Children in Indonesia's Low-income Rural Communities: How are they doing and what do they need?This chapter describes the development of young children in a sample of poor rural communities across Indonesia.
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Female Empowerment as a Core Driver of Democratic Development: A Dynamic Panel Model from 1980 to 2005Investigated the causal effects of female empowerment on democratic development for 97 countries from 1980 to 2005.
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Weaving the narratives of relationship in community participatory researchThe Looking Forward Project is the story of our work with the Nyoongar community working together with mental health and drug and alcohol service providers...
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Echoes of disadvantage across generations? The influence of unemployment and separation of grandparents on their grandchildrenThis is a rare examination of joblessness over 3 succeeding generations and its onward effects upon children, and is one of the few in the research literature.
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How training affects Australian paediatricians' management of obesitySecondary care could be the optimal sector for managing child and adolescent obesity, given low primary care uptake and limited tertiary services.
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Swimming pools in remote Aboriginal communitiesProviding remote communities with access to chlorinated swimming pools has been considered as a possible strategy for reducing ear and skin infection rates...
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Pre-pregnancy maternal overweight and obesity increase the risk for affective disorders in offspringMaternal pre-pregnancy obesity has been linked with an increased risk for negative emotionality and inattentiveness in offspring in early childhood.