Obese children face decades of disease
The Australian Health Policy Collaboration (AHPC) at Victoria University has backed calls for a national obesity prevention plan as an urgent priority to stem the rising tide of obesity.
AHPC is part of a coalition...
Students’ self-concepts of maths and reading predict later maths and reading achievement
Educational and developmental psychologists have tried to understand how skills and motivation are linked to academic achievement. While research supports ties between individuals' concepts of their abilities and their achievement, we lack a complete...
Inflammatory bowel disease in childhood associated with increased risk of cancer
Children diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease have an increased risk of cancer, especially gastrointestinal cancers, both in childhood and later in life, finds a study published in The BMJ.
The increase persists into adulthood, and...
Some YouTube found glorifying alcohol
YouTube videos featuring alcohol are heavily viewed and nearly always promote the "fun" side of drinking.
That's the finding of a study in September issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Researchers looked...
Parental lack of confidence in GPs contributing to overcrowding in emergency departments
Australia’s first national survey of parent confidence in GPs found fewer than half of parents were completely confident in a GP to handle most of their child’s general health issues.
Lead researcher, University of Melbourne Professor...
New resources build asthma confidence in teachers
An interactive e-book is now available to teachers to improve care for the one in 10 Australian children who have asthma.
Head of UNSW’s School of Women's and Children's Health Professor Adam Jaffe produced the book with...
Your child may be more innovative than you realise
Children may have a greater understanding of how to innovate and problem solve than previously realised.
A study led by University of Queensland School of Psychology researcher Karri Neldner looked at children’s ability to innovate...
Youth Advisory Council to encourage kids to be more active
Researchers from Active Healthy Kids Australia (AHKA) at UniSA are going straight to the source to find out why Australian kids are becoming increasingly inactive.
AHKA has established a Youth Advisory Council (YAC) to engage...
Unique art education program teaches children about dementia
The results of a unique project that uses art to illustrate children’s understanding of dementia is currently on display in Corrimal.
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Wollongong (UOW) Global Challenges Program,...
Children’s sleep quality linked to mothers’ insomnia
Children sleep more poorly if their mothers suffer from insomnia symptoms – potentially affecting their mental wellbeing and development - according to new research by the University of Warwick and the University of...
