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Decolonising Psychology: Validating Social and Emotional WellbeingThis paper explores the meaning of these seven domains of social and emotional well-being.
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Maternal mental health and risk of child protection involvement: Mental health diagnoses associated with increased riskThis WA data linkage study aims to assess whether maternal mental health problems are associated with worse child development outcomes, children’s safety and...
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Cumulative incidence of child protection system contacts among a cohort of Western Australian Aboriginal children born 2000 to 2013Reducing the over-representation of Aboriginal children in the child protection system is a key target for the Australian government. We aimed to provide more recent evidence on the population-level cumulative incidence of contacts for Aboriginal children with child protective services in Western Australia.
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in the Australian Education System: Knowledge, attitudes, needs, and practicesAmy Carol Finlay-Jones Bower BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych) MBBS MSc PhD FAFPHM DLSHTM FPHA Head, Early
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WA Aboriginal Child Health Survey preserved for future generationsThe landmark Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey has been placed into archiving at the State Library of Western Australia to be preserved for future generations.
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Adjusting for under-identification of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander births in time series produced from birth recordsStatistical time series derived from administrative data sets form key indicators in measuring progress.
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WA Governor Chris Dawson invites further youth mental health researchWA Governor Chris Dawson invites further youth mental health research
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Infant removals: The need to address the over-representation of Aboriginal infants and community concerns of another ‘stolen generation’The disparity between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal infant removals needs to be seen as a priority requiring urgent action to prevent further intergenerational trauma
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Western Australia unveils advances in linked data delivery systemsThis paper explains advances in extracting linked health data from the WA Data Linkage Branch
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Perinatal Women’s Perspectives of, and Engagement in, Digital Emotional Well-Being Training: Mixed Methods StudyPsychological distress in the early postpartum period can have long-lasting deleterious effects on a mother's well-being and negatively affect her infant's development. Intervention approaches based in contemplative practices such as mindfulness and loving-kindness and compassion are intended to alleviate distress and cultivate well-being and can be delivered effectively as digital mental health interventions.