by michelecrawshaw | May 26, 2021 | Big Data, Events, Media release, News, Newsletter, Workshop
What is child wellbeing, how do we measure it, and how can we improve it in New Zealand? Those were the key questions posed at the E Tipu e Rea Child Wellbeing Workshop, hosted by A Better Start in Wellington earlier this month. The Challenge’s Science Leadership Team...
by michelecrawshaw | May 20, 2021 | Media release, News, Newsletter, Successful Literacy and Learning, Updates
Congratulations to A Better Start’s Successful Learning theme leader, Professor Brigid McNeill, who gave her professorial lecture at the University of Canterbury last month. Titled The pathway to impact: Effective teaching practices for early literacy success,...
by michelecrawshaw | Apr 23, 2021 | Board, Media release, News, Newsletter, Our people, Updates
Congratulations to A Better Start board member Sharon Shea, who has been appointed as the first-ever permanent Māori Chair of the Bay of Plenty District Health Board. “I feel honoured to bring a tangata whenua perspective to the board’s leadership and to support the...
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...
by michelecrawshaw | Apr 7, 2021 | Big Data, Healthy Weight, Media release, News, Newsletter, Updates
Researchers are a step closer to developing a prediction model for childhood obesity in New Zealand. Childhood obesity is a serious public health challenge, and identifying high-risk individuals for early intervention is a priority. Worldwide, an estimated 40.6...
by michelecrawshaw | Apr 6, 2021 | Healthy Weight, Media release, News, Newsletter
The sleep habits, screen time, physical activity and food intake of hundreds of Hawke’s Bay primary and secondary school students are coming under the scrutiny of A Better Start researchers. More than 1300 Year 5 and Year 9 students from almost 30 schools are...
