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Effectiveness and experiences of families and support workers participating in peer-led parenting support programs delivered as home visiting programs

Positive impact of peer-led home visiting parent support programs, incorporating a framework of partnership between parents and home visitors

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Investing in School Readiness : An Analysis of the Cost-Effectiveness of Early Childhood Education Pathways in Rural Indonesia

This paper presents evidence on the cost-effectiveness of early childhood education pathways in rural Indonesia

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Fathers’ Commute to Work and Children’s Social and Emotional Well-Being in Germany

Is fathers’ commute to work associated with increases in child social and emotional well-being as measured in Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaires?

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Facilitators and barriers to the implementation of motivational interviewing for bullying perpetration in school settings

Results indicated a number factors which influenced the uptake of Motivational Interviewing in schools

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General practitioners’ perceptions of their communication with Australian Aboriginal patients with acquired neurogenic communication disorders

GPs report difficulty recognising acquired communication disorders and their lack of prioritising assessment and treatment of communication ability after brain injur

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Psychosocial disadvantage and residential remoteness is associated with Aboriginal women's mental health prior to childbirth

Optimal mental health in the pre-conception, pregnancy and postpartum periods is important for both maternal and infant wellbeing. Few studies, however, have focused on Indigenous women and the specific risk and protective factors that may prompt vulnerability to perinatal mental disorders in this culturally diverse population.

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Qualitative study of psychosocial factors impacting on Aboriginal women's management of chronic disease

The caring roles and responsibilities Aboriginal women have in their community impact on their health

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Harmonised collection of data in youth mental health: Towards large datasets

The use of this core set of data will facilitate the pooling of psychopathological and neurobiological data into large datasets

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Increased facial asymmetry in autism spectrum conditions is associated with symptom presentation

Significantly greater depth-wise facial asymmetry was identified in autistic children relative to the two comparison groups