Emergency Department triage of children points to need for better training
A Victorian study has revealed inconsistent accuracy with Emergency Department triaging of low to moderate urgency presentations involving children.
This study is the first to assess the accuracy and reliability of the use of the...
Needs of low SES regional students
A study into the learning and wellbeing needs of low socio-economic status students in regional Australia has received a $424,174 funding boost from the Australian Research Council's 2015 Linkage Project scheme.
The project is a...
Engagement not punishment is key to good behaviour in schools
Corporal punishment, detention, suspension and expulsion are bywords associated with traditional and historic ways of maintaining discipline in schools in a bid to promote good student behaviour.
But a UniSA partnered study has found when...
Mobile phones and kids’ sleep
Study investigates the effects of mobile phone emissions on the sleeping patterns of kids and teens.
A world-first study investigating the effects of mobile phone emissions on the sleeping patterns, brain activity and cognitive performance of...
Toppling furniture: Anchor it and protect a child
Small children have died or suffered serious injuries from unstable furniture that has tipped over. You can help prevent death or serious injury to small children from toppling furniture.
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Body image concerns not just for girls
Researchers from ACU's Institute for Health and Ageing have found that Australian boys as young as eight are trying to lose weight and gain muscle. The year-long study found that boys feel body image...
Want to boost your toddler’s development? Put a toy chicken on your head!
Parents who joke and pretend with their children are teaching them important life skills, research by the University of Sheffield has revealed.
The study showed that children as young as 16 months old naturally learn...
Growing greener kids
In kitchens throughout Australia, many parents are worrying about their children's diet.
Temptation lurks everywhere in an unhealthy mix of readily available junk food and energy drinks, pernicious advertising and the siren call of sedentary...
Real classroom science
Thousands of budding scientists in high school classrooms across Australia could help solve real world problems, while also motivate them to embrace science.
Professor David McKinnon, Director of the Edith Cowan Institute for Education Research,...
Making vaccination truly compulsory is well intentioned but ill conceived
Making mandatory vaccination truly compulsory may result in more harm than good, and drive hesitant parents to become anti-vaccination, warn Daniel Salmon, Raina MacIntyre and Saad Omer.
The United States, Australia, and approximately half of European...
