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There is a global trend towards place-based initiatives (PBIs) to break the cycle of disadvantage and promote positive child development. Co-location is a common element of these initiatives and is intended to deliver more coordinated services for families of young children. This paper examines how co-locating early childhood services (ECS) from health and education in Child and Family Centres (CFCs) has impacted collaboration between services.
The PLAYCE Study instruments provide reliable measures of early childhood education and care physical activity environments
This paper documents that children in rural Indonesia participate in a great variety of early childhood education pathways
Breastfeeding has been associated with multiple developmental advantages for the infant; however, there have also been a number of studies that find...
Improved nutrition is the major proven benefit of newborn screening programmes for cystic fibrosis (CF) and is associated with better clinical outcomes.
In healthy individuals, deep inspiration produces bronchodilation and reduced airway responsiveness, which may be a response of the airway wall to mechanical...
Rates and types of hospitalisations for children who have subsequent contact with the child protection system: a population based case-control study
We investigated whether children who are heavier at birth have an increased risk of type 1 diabetes
Evaluating Early Childhood Education and Care
The aims of the present study were to (i) examine the relationship between children's degree of adiposity and psychosocial functioning; and (ii) compare patterns of clustering of psychosocial measures between healthy weight and overweight/obese children.