Whole-of-government approach to family violence offers hope
Social work and human services lecturers Dr Andreia Schineanu and Ms Robin Harvey in the CSU School of Humanities and Social Sciences in Wagga Wagga say addressing family and domestic violence needs a whole-of-government...
How to avoid bringing up fussy eaters
Babies and toddlers who try a wide range of fruit and vegetables around 12 to 14 months of age will be less fussy eaters by the age of 3.7 years and like and eat...
Body movement is more critical to a child’s learning than once thought
Body movement can boost children’s learning, especially when integrated into the classroom as part of a learning task.
Children who physically act out a new concept learn more and have better academic outcomes, new research...
Baby of the family most likely to miss out on breast
A woman’s education level and the number of children she has affects breast feeding, with the “baby of the family” most likely to miss out, University of Queensland research shows.
UQ School of Public Health...
‘Love’ Hormone and Mother-Infant Bonding
Widely referred to as the “love” hormone, oxytocin is an indispensable part of childbirth and emotional mother-child bonding. Psychologists at Florida Atlantic University are conducting a novel study to determine how a mother’s levels...
Breastfeeding, vaccinations help reduce ear infection rates in babies
In what would be considered good news for many parents a new study from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston finds the rates of ear infections during a baby’s first year have...
How much sugar is in your child’s fruit drink?
Researchers from the University of Liverpool and colleagues from Action on Sugar have assessed the sugar content of over 200 fruit drinks marketed at children and have found them to be “unacceptably high”.
The research,...
Parents vital to policing young drivers: Have your say
A new QUT study will look at what parents in the ACT are doing to keep their kids safe when they first get their licence, with research showing parents play a vital role in...
Seeking kids with autism for computer club
An award-winning computer club for children with autism co-founded by a Victoria University researcher is going online to help kids in remote areas.
‘The Lab’ was set up five years ago as a place for...
Postnatal depression app
Research into postnatal depression is going high-tech, with scientists from The University of Queensland launching a free mobile phone app aimed at studying the genetics behind the condition.
The iOS app, called PPD ACT, will...
