Teddy Bear Hospital aims to reduce children’s anxiety
Today 35 University of Tasmania medical students from years 3-5 acted as "teddy doctors" at the third "Teddy Bear Hospital" visit to Albeura Street Primary School.
Kindergarten and Prep children and their teddies visited different...
Comprehensive review shows no link between vaccinations and autism
The first systematic international review of childhood vaccinations led by researchers from the University of Sydney has found no evidence of a link to the development of autism or autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).
The comprehensive...
Readmission more likely after private hospital birth
Babies born to a low risk mother in New South Wales private hospitals are more likely to have a health problem and be readmitted for birth related issues and further treatment in the first...
Unlocking the links between sleep and health in kids
Children with poor sleep habits are more likely to have physical and emotional health issues, a University of Wollongong study has found.
The study, recently published in the journal Pediatrics, used Medicare data from a...
Free online program proven to help children with anxiety
A free, evidence-based program that has been proven to help prevent and treat anxiety in young people aged between 8 and 17 is now available online.
The BRAVE program, which has been trialled and evaluated over...
70% of Aussie teenagers sleep deprived: behavioural and health implications
Seven in every 10 Australian teenagers suffer from sleep deprivation, but virtually none see a doctor to treat the problem.
This worrying statistic has inspired specialists at Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Sydney to...
The seven messages of highly effective reading teachers
In 1982, the late, great NZ reading researcher Marie Clay identified a group of children having difficulty learning to read as “tangled tots (with) reading knots”.
She was referring to children who, despite having no...
Gardening schemes teach healthy eating
Offering children access to gardening schemes helps to encourage healthier eating habits.
That is the conclusion of a study by Dr Michael Duncan and colleagues from Coventry University who enrolled 46 nine- and ten-year-olds in...
Tackling depression in primary school kids
Curtin University researchers have trialled a program which has shown potential to significantly reduce short-term depressive symptoms and emotional difficulties in Western Australian (WA) children attending low socio-economic status (SES) primary schools.
As part of...
Game on: protecting your child’s health in an electronic world
Researchers at Curtin University have developed a set of guidelines to help protect the physical and psychosocial health of children who use electronic games.
Professor Leon Straker, from Curtin University’s School of Physiotherapy and Exercise...
