Lessons for school transition
The transition from primary to high school can be a stressful period for students, but ECU’s School of Education lecturer Mandie Shean says there are ways parents can help to make the move as...
Texting can enhance reading and comprehension in school children
A Curtin University research study involving junior school children has concluded that better interpretation of digital textisms can improve their reading and language skills.
The research by Associate Professor Genevieve Johnson in Curtin’s School of...
UF/IFAS study: Fatherly involvement with teenage girls may lead to safer sexual protection in...
Female students who said their dads were “involved” in their lives as teens are more likely to use protection when having sex in college, a positive sign for fathers in an era of increasingly...
The ABCs of healthy school lunch box preparation
With the 2015 school year starting, for most Queensland children school lunches are once again on the agenda and a QUT expert has some timely advice for parents on how to make them both...
New sex education kit free to schools
A unique sex-education resource will be released to schools across Australia next week in response to alarming research that shows more than 40% of teens do not use condoms when they have sex.
Despite sex...
Ethics of school-based immunisation programs examined
University of Adelaide researchers and their government and industry partners have identified a range of ethical issues with high school-based immunisation programs in South Australia.
School-based immunisation programs are commonly run in Australia and in...
Stress during pregnancy related to infant gut microbiota
Stress during pregnancy is often linked to physical and psychological problems in the child. But why is this? Could the infant’s gut microbiota be an underlying mechanism? An initial study of the correlation in...
Back to school anxiety for families with children affected by food allergy
For families who have children with food allergy, the transition to school after the summer holidays can be an extremely emotional experience. A pilot study conducted by the University of Western Sydney into Starting...
Unlocking the kidney riddle in newborns
Researchers are closer to understanding why babies born with smaller kidneys have a high risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
The findings, published today in the journal, Circulation, could have important implications for affected children, who are more...
Best way to position women during childbirth
New research is challenging what many obstetricians and physician anaesthesiologists believe is the best way to position women during labour. According to a study published in the February issue of Anesthesiology, the official medical journal...
