Smoking ban linked to drop in stillbirths
Stillbirths have dropped by almost 8% in England since the smoking ban was introduced, research shows.
The number of babies dying shortly after birth has also dropped by almost 8%, the study estimates.
The findings add to...
Family bonds with Head Start
When Maddison Stead of Hervey Bay completed the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) Head Start program in 2012 she knew of its many benefits.
A bonus she hadn’t counted on, however, was the effect her studies...
Keeping children safe
The “ASK-Young People” (ASK-YP) survey is part of a larger study exploring what children and young people aged 10 to 18 experience and think about safety in institutional contexts.
The study has been commissioned by...
Sport TV exposing children to thousands of alcohol-adverts per year
New research from Monash University shows that children are being exposed to thousands of alcohol adverts when watching sport TV, questioning the effectiveness of advertising regulations designed to protect children.
The study, published in the...
Effective use of robots in schools
For the first time in Australia, research is being conducted into how robots can be effectively implemented into primary and secondary school curriculums.
The three year research project, being led by Swinburne University of Technology,...
Pregnant women not following nutrition guidelines
Researchers from the University of Adelaide have made a remarkable discovery: no pregnant women were found to be correctly following the Australian Dietary Guidelines on consumption of the “five food groups”, despite almost two-thirds...
Siblings of children with schizophrenia show resilience to the condition as they grow up
Fundamental differences between how the brain forms during adolescence have been discovered in children with schizophrenia and their siblings, a new study shows.
The study opens up new avenues for researchers to explore when developing...
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...
Saving mothers from deadly haemorrhage
While Australia may be one of the safest places on earth to give birth, new research is now focussing on severe postpartum haemorrhage which continues to be a rare and mysterious killer.
A collaboration led...
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...
