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Weather and children's time allocationThis paper presents the first causal estimates of the effect of weather on children's time allocation. It exploits exogenous variations in local weather observed during the random diary dates of two nationally representative cohorts of Australian children whose time-use diaries were surveyed biennially over 10 years.
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Chronic health conditions, mental health and the school: A narrative reviewSchool-based social risk processes in the lives of young people with chronic health conditions are likely to contribute to risk of psychological problems
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Tobacco smoking and mental disorders in Australian adolescentsThis study aimed to (1) examine the strength of the association between mental disorders/mental health problems, risk behaviours and tobacco smoking among Australian adolescents, (2) compare rates of tobacco smoking among Australian adolescents with major depressive disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and/or conduct disorder in 2013/14 vs 1998, and (3) identify the extent to which an association between tobacco smoking and mental health problems among adolescents can be attributed to non-mental health risk factors.
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Childcare Use and Its Role in Indigenous Child Development: Evidence from the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children in AustraliaRelatively disadvantaged children might benefit more from attending childcare, as indicated by the positive estimated effects found for those who never attended childcare
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Access to health professionals by children and adolescents with mental disorders: Are we meeting their needs?The typical number of visits to health professionals by children with mental disorders during a 12-month period is relatively small
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Pre-service teachers: Knowledge, attitudes and their perceived skills in addressing student bullyingThe lack of skills in managing future bullying and particularly cyberbullying incidents reported by pre-service teachers has social and emotional implications for young people
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Prevalence and correlates of psychotic experiences in a nationally representative sample of Australian adolescentsHallucinatory and delusional experiences are common in Australian adolescents
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Long-term economic outcomes for interventions in early childhood: protocol for a systematic reviewInvestment in early childhood produces positive returns: for the child, the family and the community.
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Time spent in different types of childcare and children's development at school entry: an Australian longitudinal studyCompared with children who did not attend any type of childcare, children in centre-based care had higher parent-reported and teacher-reported externalising...
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Bright Tomorrows Start Today (Parent App)Our team: Karen Forde (Project Lead), Candice Rainsford (Project Coordinator), Aida Noordin (Research Assistant) and Joanne Readman (Project