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The 2015 Middle Childhood Survey (MCS) of mental health and well-being at age 11 years in an Australian population cohortmost children report mental health and well-being, but the population distribution spanned the full range of possible scores on every construct.
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The role of preschool quality in promoting child development: evidence from rural IndonesiaThis article examines the relationship between preschool quality and children’s early development in a sample of over 7900 children enrolled in 578 preschools in rural Indonesia.

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Holistic Early Childhood Development Index goes globalChildren around the world could have better access to education thanks to an early childhood development index created for UNESCO by The Kids researcher, Prof Sally Brinkman.
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A population health approach in education to support children's early development: A Critical Interpretive SynthesisThe results from this review indicate that it would indeed be plausible to adapt the population health approach to sites and schools
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Implementing and Evaluating Interventions to Improve School Readiness and Early LiteracyThe implementation of the Pacific early age readiness and learning program has generated significant data, evidence, operational experience, and knowledge
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Birth outcomes and academic achievement in childhood: A population record linkage studyThis study used population-based record linkage to examine the association between early life risk factors and academic achievement.
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Latent profiles of early developmental vulnerabilities in a New South Wales child population at age 5 yearsPatterns of early childhood developmental vulnerabilities may provide useful indicators for particular mental disorder outcomes in later life

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Technology powering researchResearchers at The Kids are harnessing the power of apps and other online tools to ensure the results of their research reach those who need it most – children, young people and families.

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Infant simulators fail to reduce teen pregnancyA The Kids Research Institute Australia study has found a popular education programme where teenagers care for a "robot" baby fails to reduce teen pregnancy, and could in fac
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Review of Inclusive Preschool ProgramYasmin Adrienne Harman-Smith Gregory BA, BHlthSc(Hons), PhD BSocSci, MPhil Head, Early Years Systems Evidence; Head, Tenders Support Unit Project