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Wearable technology to help adolescents with stress and anxiety

Wearable technology to help adolescents with stress and anxiety

by michelecrawshaw | May 23, 2022 | Contestable, Grants & Funding, Media release

A pilot study of wearable technology to help young people sense and manage their anxiety is under way in New Zealand. The two-year project, which has been granted $400,000 in joint funding by A Better Start National Science Challenge and Cure Kids, will investigate...
$1M research project to improve Pasifika child health

$1M research project to improve Pasifika child health

by michelecrawshaw | Feb 23, 2022 | Grants & Funding, Media release

A major research project aimed at the prevention of obesity, prediabetes and poor dental health among Pacific children has been awarded $1 million in funding from A Better Start National Science Challenge. The two-year project, which gets underway shortly, will be led...
Geography’s affect on young people’s mental health – RNZ interview

Geography’s affect on young people’s mental health – RNZ interview

by michelecrawshaw | Aug 2, 2021 | Grants & Funding, Media release, Peer reviewed publication, Resilient Teens

Listen to researcher Dr Matt Hobbs talk to Radio New Zealand’s Nine To Noon programme about an innovative new research project, funded by A Better Start National Science Challenge and Cure Kids, to measure the mental health of young people who grow up in areas with...
$4M awarded to new research addressing child health challenges

$4M awarded to new research addressing child health challenges

by michelecrawshaw | Jul 22, 2021 | Grants & Funding, Healthy Weight, Media release, News, Resilient Teens, Successful Literacy and Learning

A study to measure the mental health of young people who grow up in areas with unhealthy environmental features, such as gaming venues, takeaway shops and liquor outlets, is one of 12 projects to get the greenlight through a new $4M collaboration to fund child health...
$1M research funding to improve Pasifika child health

$1M research funding to improve Pasifika child health

by michelecrawshaw | Jul 20, 2021 | Grants & Funding, Healthy Weight, Media release, News, Pacific advisory group, Resilient Teens, Successful Literacy and Learning

A Better Start E Tipu e Rea, the New Zealand government’s National Science Challenge, is investing $1 million in Pasifika-led child health research working with Pasifika communities. It is seeking to fund innovative research aimed at delivering practical,...
Read our latest newsletter

Read our latest newsletter

by michelecrawshaw | Apr 12, 2021 | Big Data, Grants & Funding, Healthy Weight, Media release, News, Newsletter, Resilient Teens, Successful Literacy and Learning, Updates

Our latest newsletter is out. Read it HERE Find out all about why Hawke’s Bay children’s habits are under the spotlight, the sleep treatment used by 1 in 4 Kiwi children with autism, moves to prevent later childhood obesity, research news, recent...
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