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Creating community indicators for early childhood development: challenges and innovations from the kids in communities studyThe community (or neighbourhood) is seen as a potential point of intervention for improving early childhood development outcomes through place-based approaches targeting all children. Yet there are insufficient robust data to guide policy and practice. Developing community factors for early childhood development is one way to facilitate more informed, evidence-based community action. This paper discusses the methodological learnings from the Kids in Communities Study, an Australian investigation into community-level factors important for early childhood development, including some of the challenges and innovations associated with the measurement and development of indicators.
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Provision of Engagement Services for the AEDCSupport services to the Department of Education and Training and the AEDC State and Territory Coordinators and their support staff across Australia.
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Language in Little Ones (LiLO)The Language in Little Ones (LiLO) study is a five-year longitudinal study (2017-2021), funded through the National Health and Medical Research Council. The study investigates the quantity and quality of language exposure in the home environment during the first five years of a child’s life.
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It takes a village to raise a child: The influence and impact of playgroups across AustraliaComprehensive quantitative and qualitative evaluation of Community Playgroups across Australia
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The Role of Preschool Quality in Promoting Child Development: Evidence from Rural IndonesiaThis paper reports on the quality of early childhood education in rural Indonesia
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Early Childhood Research and Indonesia's Young ChildrenThis chapter assesses what global evidence tells us about the importance of early childhood education and development...
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Childhood Education and Development Services in IndonesiaAlthough children's later experiences can still have an effect, developments in early childhood have long-lasting effects on health, behaviour and learning...
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Inequalities in child healthy development: some challenges for effective implementationInequalities in child healthy development: some challenges for effective implementation
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Study protocol for the evaluation of an Infant Simulator based program delivered in schools:This paper presents the study protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a school based program developed to prevent teenage
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The education word gap emerges by 18 months: findings from an Australian prospective studyThe idea of the '30 million word gap' suggests families from more socioeconomically advantaged backgrounds engage in more verbal interactions with their child than disadvantaged families. Initial findings from the Language in Little Ones (LiLO) study up to 12 months showed no word gap between maternal education groups.