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Validation of the Early Development Instrument in IndonesiaThis study finds that the Early Development Instrument shows moderate validity and reliability in poor communities in Indonesia
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Local Housing Characteristics Associated with Early Childhood Development Outcomes in Australian Disadvantaged CommunitiesAccess to safe, secure, and stable housing is a well-known social determinant of health
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Associations Among Early Stimulation, Stunting, and Child Development in Four Countries in the East Asia–PacificThis study examined associations among preschool attendance, home learning activities, stunting status, and early child development using data from the validation study of the East Asia–Pacific Early Child Development Scales (EAP-ECDS).
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Gender gaps in cognitive and social-emotional skills in early primary grades: Evidence from rural IndonesiaThis paper examines the magnitude and source of gender gaps in cognitive and social-emotional skills in early primary grades in rural Indonesia. Relative to boys, girls score more than 0.17 SD higher in tests of language and mathematics (cognitive skills) and between 0.18 and 0.27 SD higher in measures of social competence and emotional maturity (social-emotional skills).
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Methodological approach to exploring change in the Australia Early Development Instrument (AEDI): The estimation of a critical differenceThis report provides the technical details for the methodology calculated to determine "how big" a difference in the AEDI results between 2009 and 2012 is...
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Early developmental risk for subsequent childhood mental disorders in an Australian population cohortWe examined associations between developmental vulnerability profiles determined at the age of 5 years and subsequent childhood mental illness between ages 6 and 13 years in an Australian population cohort.
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A whole-of-population study of term and post-term gestational age at birth and children's developmentRelative risks of developmental vulnerability for each week of gestation were calculated with adjustment for confounders and addressing missing information.
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Parenting practices at 24 to 47 months and IQ at age 8: Effect-measure modification by infant temperamentWe examined whether the associations between parental warmth, control and intelligence quotient (IQ) may be heightened among children in difficult temperament
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International research utilizing the Early Development Instrument (EDI) as a measure of early child development: Introduction to the Special IssueThis opening paper presents the background to this Special Issue devoted to new international research using Early Development Instrument

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