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A new app has been created to help parents distinguish between the normal ups and downs of childhood and emerging mental health problems. Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt launched the Raising Healthy Minds children's wellbeing app at a virtual event hosted by the Murdoch Children's Research
New research has found that a large percentage of Australian eight to 12-year-olds are being bullied and/or experiencing emotional difficulties and these children are falling behind their peers in numeracy and reading in the classroom. The Murdoch Children's Research Institute's Centre for
In a country where one third of the population is 14 years or younger, quality health care for children and adolescents is crucial. This is the case in the Solomon Islands, which this year celebrated the graduation of its first ever cohort of graduate paediatric nurses. The new Bachelor of
Professor George Patton and Professor Susan Sawyer know adolescent health is critical to current and future generations, and work hard to keep it in the centre of policy activity locally and globally.Last year the world-renowned pair published innovative research outlining how children's growth
Health, wellbeing, access and equity for children and adults living with genetic diseases.
Pharmacists in Australia will be upskilled to provide advice to families on some of the biggest child health topics under a new training program. Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) has partnered with Independent Pharmacies Australia (IPA), Pharma Programs and Prax Hub to launch their
Australia’s world-first national legislation to restrict access to social media accounts for children under 16 years old has been in force for about three months. New data from a survey of 1,070 Australian adults provides tantalising evidence of some positive effects. The YouGov survey found
Unleashing the power of data to improve health The Melbourne Children’s Campus is set to become an internationally leading paediatric campus in using data to improve all aspects of patient care, operations, education and research with the establishment of the Centre for Health Analytics.
Three of Australia's child health leaders have joined forces to tackle global child health at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital and the University of Melbourne have launched a new initiative, Melbourne Children's Global Health. Co-Chair of Melbourne
A new project aims to determine the most effective policies across Australia to reduce inequities in children's mental, academic and physical development.The Changing Children's Chances collaborative program was recently awarded a $475,000 Australian Research Council Linkage Project grant. Murdoch
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