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Mental Health & Wellbeing

Mental health and wellness is critical to the overall wellbeing of a person, and can also impact on physical health. Researchers are exploring the mental wellbeing of mothers and their experience of motherhood and pregnancy, and effective support options available. Mental health development of the child is also explored, as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our ORIGINS families.

Pediatric Burns

This project aims to investigate the impact of a non-severe burn injury on children's health for life.

Screen ORIGINS

Understanding how families engage with screen technologies and how it may influence child development

Kindy Readiness Project

Reviewing the development and wellbeing of children, prior to them commencing kindergarten

Happy Parenting Program

The Happy Parenting Program is investigating new ways to provide support to parents with young children from an early age.

The Dental Screening Study

Assessing a dental photographic method as an alternative dental screening method.

Research

Clustering of psychosocial symptoms in overweight children

The aims of the present study were to (i) examine the relationship between children's degree of adiposity and psychosocial functioning; and (ii) compare patterns of clustering of psychosocial measures between healthy weight and overweight/obese children.

News & Events

World-first evidence links exclusive colostrum intake with reduced peanut allergy risk

First-of-its-kind findings show that newborns exclusively fed colostrum in their first 72 hours of life were five times less likely to develop a peanut allergy by 12-18 months, and 11 times less likely to develop multiple food allergies (such as egg or cow’s milk) compared with infants who also received formula