Reports and Findings
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“Beacon” Cyber App Project with BankwestThe Kids Research Institute Australia and Bankwest partnered together from 2019-2022 to develop a cyber safety app that provides parents and carers with the knowledge and skills to help their children thrive in a digital world.
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Start smart: a program for healthy mobile technology use by young childrenThe project aims to design, test, refine and disseminate an early childhood centre intervention (Smart Start) to improve young children’s and their families’ technology use practices.
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Social Ventures Australia Evidence SummariesA series of 12 Australasian Research Summaries were generated by CoLab for the Evidence for Learning website in partnership with Edith Cowan University and Fraser Mustard Centre.
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Junk-food filled neighbourhoods: Building a local evidence-base for change’. Rapid Obesity Policy Translation ProgramGina Trapp BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD Honorary Research Associate Gina.Trapp@thekids.org.au ARC DECRA Fellow & Head of Food and Nutrition Research Dr Gina Trapp is an Honorary Research Associate at The Kids Research Institute Australia. She has a
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How healthy (or unhealthy) is the food environment around Perth schools?This unique and innovative project will be the first to quantify the local food environment around all government and non-government Perth metropolitan primary and secondary schools.
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Effectiveness of childcare centre interventions to increase young children’s physical activityThe aim of this project is to evaluate the efficacy of childcare centre based interventions to increase young children’s physical activity.
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Development of a nutrition-focussed food outlet classification systemGina Trapp BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD Honorary Research Associate Gina.Trapp@thekids.org.au ARC DECRA Fellow & Head of Food and Nutrition Research Dr Gina Trapp is an Honorary Research Associate at The Kids Research Institute Australia. She has a
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The Core Story for Early Childhood Development and Learning in AustraliaA core story translates scientific or expert knowledge to make it accessible to the public, practitioners, and policymakers.
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Bright Tomorrows Start Today (Parent App)The Bright Tomorrows app developed at The Kids Research Institute Australia aims to assist parents of children aged 0-5 years to support their child to develop the building blocks of several essential life skills.
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Building Out Bullying: The influence of the school environment on bullying behaviour and mental health in primary and secondary school studentsGina Trapp BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD Honorary Research Associate Gina.Trapp@thekids.org.au ARC DECRA Fellow & Head of Food and Nutrition Research Dr Gina Trapp is an Honorary Research Associate at The Kids Research Institute Australia. She has a