by dbak580 | May 11, 2023 | Big Data, Healthy Weight, News, Newsletter, Peer reviewed publication, Resilient Teens, Successful Literacy and Learning, Updates
Latest info about child health & wellbeing from A Better Start Click here to read the: May 2023 issue of A Better Start National Science Challenge e-newsletter. In this issue to you can read all about: – The environment a young person grows up in is...
by dbak580 | Jan 5, 2023 | Big Data, Clinical study, Contestable, Events, News, Newsletter, Our people, Peer reviewed publication, Research activity, Resilient Teens, Science theme leader, Successful Literacy and Learning, Updates
Meri Kirihimete from the team at A Better Start, In this latest issue of A Better Start newsletter: – Update from the Challenge Director, Wayne Cutfield – 2022 Symposium – Guidelines for Supporting Students Who Self-Harm – Beautiful Gifts this...
by michelecrawshaw | May 16, 2022 | Big Data, Media release, Meet the Researcher, Resilient Teens
Dr Stephanie D’Souza is a researcher with A Better Start’s Big Data team. She talks about her current project which looks at whether Māori tamariki screened for ADHD concerns are less likely to receive medication than non-Māori, the best piece of advice...
by michelecrawshaw | Feb 9, 2022 | Big Data, Media release
Dr Nick Bowden talks to Radio New Zealand’s Nine To Noon programme about a new study, funded by A Better Start National Science Challenge, which looks at how young people with autism are treated by the criminal justice system. LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW HERE Researchers...
by michelecrawshaw | Jan 27, 2022 | Big Data, Media release
Young adults with autism are 39 per cent less likely to be charged with crimes than non-autistic people, but those who are charged are more likely to face tougher punishment, a study funded by A Better Start has found. Researchers tracked about 150,000 people born in...
by michelecrawshaw | Dec 12, 2021 | Big Data, Media release
Preschoolers who attend early childhood education centres for 20-30 hours a week are more likely to have better emotional wellbeing and relationships with their peers. The findings come from a new study, Preschool Behavioural and Emotional Outcomes Associated with...
