Reducing pregnancy stress is key to optimal child development
Improving access to care for expectant mothers experiencing a stressful pregnancy is one of many outcomes from a recent Western Australian study published in the international research journal, Child Development.
The study, conducted by researchers...
Virtually impossible to enforce screen based media use guidelines
A world first study into the amount of time Australian children and adolescents spend on all types of screens and specific screen activities has been undertaken by Professor Stephen Houghton from the Faculty of...
Australian-first parenting intervention for personality disorders
A new program that helps people with personality disorders cope with the challenges of parenting was launched at UOW recently.
The Project Air Strategy Parenting Program, launched on Friday 6 November by NSW Mental Health...
Formula frenzy sparked by unethical marketing
The recent baby formula shortage in Australia highlights the unethical marketing practices of infant formula manufacturers across the world, according to an infant feeding expert from Western Sydney University.
Dr Karleen Gribble, from the School...
More young adults are failing to launch or ‘boomerang’ home
More children in the Western world are staying at home longer, but their parents often pay the price as tensions flare and conflict damages relationships, an international literature review shows.
The study, conducted by researchers...
Smart but shy: what women want in a sperm donor
A QUT study into how women choose sperm donors online has revealed men who are intellectual, shy, calm and methodical are selected to produce more children than those who are extroverted.
The study, "Determinants of...
Better support needed for mums with gestational diabetes
Improvements are needed in gestational diabetes education and healthcare services to help prevent women with the condition from developing type 2 diabetes later in life, according to a new University of Adelaide study.
Recent University...
Out of school and into debt? Calls for teens to improve on money management
A survey of young people by QUT researchers has found many lack the financial literacy to manage car loans, repay credit cards and navigate mobile phone deals.
The results have prompted the study's researchers to...
Schoolies study will lay the truth bare
Schoolies can be a time for secrecy and fake bravado, but dozens of 2015 school leavers are documenting every raw emotion during their stay on the Gold Coast this week.
The teens are taking part...
Small steps can beat childhood obesity
Australia's rates of childhood overweight and obesity could be turned around with changes equivalent to cutting one small chocolate bar and getting in 15 minutes of exercise according to research from the University of...
