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Wellbeing and Engagement Collection (WEC) in the South Australian school system

The aim of the WEC is to help teachers, school leaders and policy makers better understand and support the wellbeing and engagement of their students.

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Social support helps protects against depressed mood in adolescence

The goals of the current study were to identify different trajectories of sadness from Grade 6 to 9 in Australian school students, and to explore the role that social support from school, teachers, friends and families play in supporting students’ mental health.

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Child development at school entry and student wellbeing six years later

It has been well established that children's development at school entry is associated with their later academic achievement, but less is known about whether there is also an association with other measures of school success, such as students' social and emotional wellbeing.

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The Kids Kimberley

The aim of establishing a local presence is based upon an intention to be by invitation considered as part of the Kimberley group of organisations as well ...

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Indigenous Capacity Building Grant (ICBG)

This was a five year grant from the NHMRC to build research capacity in ten Aboriginal researchers

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Multigenerational Familial and Environmental Risk for Autism (MINERvA) Network

The MINERvA Network will allow more accurate and precise determination of the contributions of familial and environmental factors to the etiology of autism.

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Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes DNA bank

A register which stores demographic and clinical data on all patients attending the diabetes clinic at Princess Margaret Hospital

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Bioenteric Intragastric Balloon

The purpose of this randomized clinical trial is to determine whether the use of the BIB aids weight loss in obese adolescents.

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Neurocognitive outcomes of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus

To conduct an analysis of children with TIDM’s cognitive profile at an age in which both cognition and cortical development are still maturing

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Aussi-AdDIT

Investigating changes in retinopathy, aortic intima media thickness & heart rate variability, indicators of macrovascular disease & autonomic neuropathy