by michelecrawshaw | Aug 28, 2022 | Healthy Weight, Media release
Six hundred babies and their whānau are being recruited for an innovative new sleep study in Aotearoa. The Moemoeā study, funded by A Better Start National Science Challenge, will provide babies and their families with a sleep intervention toolkit to test over six...
by michelecrawshaw | Aug 24, 2022 | Media release, Webinars
WATCH THE WEBINAR HERE Discover the latest research in child oral health in this webinar hosted by A Better Start National Science Challenge and Whānau Āwhina Plunket. Children’s oral health is a major issue in NZ, with nearly half of all five year olds showing...
by michelecrawshaw | Aug 16, 2022 | Media release
A traditional Māori game will be trialled in Waikato schools as a way to improve children’s cognitive and psychosocial development. Researchers will investigate how Ki-o-Rahi – a pre-European Māori team game – can improve early development of fundamental movement...
by michelecrawshaw | Aug 11, 2022 | Media release, Successful Literacy and Learning
A comprehensive programme to lift the literacy skills of all learners in their first year at school is having “out of this world” results, says a Waikato principal. The Better Start Literacy Approach (BSLA) was developed by Professors Gail Gillon and...
by michelecrawshaw | Aug 8, 2022 | Media release, Newsletter, Webinars
WATCH THE WEBINAR Discover the latest in childhood Vitamin D deficiencies in this webinar hosted by A Better Start National Science Challenge, Cure Kids and the Paediatric Society of New Zealand. Vitamin D influences many aspects of a child’s growth and development,...
by michelecrawshaw | Jul 19, 2022 | Media release, Our people, Peer reviewed publication
Welcome to our two new Science Advisory Panel members, Professor Terryann Clark and Professor Harriet Hiscock. We are privileged to have them share their knowledge as part of A Better Start’s international Science Advisory Panel (SAP). The SAP provides the...
