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 | Mar 8, 2021 | Media release, News, Peer reviewed publication, Successful Literacy and Learning, Updates
An innovative literacy programme is being rolled out to the nation’s schools this year as part of the Ministry of Education’s major new initiative to improve literacy outcomes for all New Zealand children. The Better Start Literacy Approach (BLSA) is an...
by michelecrawshaw | Mar 2, 2021 | Big Data, Grants & Funding, Healthy Weight, Media release, Newsletter, Resilient Teens, Successful Literacy and Learning, Updates
Our latest newsletter is out. Read it HERE Find out about our major research project announcement, the pilot study which has led to a national school rollout, our Contestable Funding Round update, latest research news, recent publications and more....
by michelecrawshaw | Feb 24, 2021 | Healthy Weight, Media release, News, Newsletter, Research activity, Updates
Professor Rachael Taylor, leads A Better Start’s strategic research project, Moemoea, which looks at sleep, health, communication & wellbeing of pepi and their whānau. Can you tell us about Moemoea and why it’s important? Getting sufficient good...
by michelecrawshaw | Feb 23, 2021 | Media release, News, Research activity, Successful Literacy and Learning, Updates
An innovative literacy programme, developed with funding from A Better Start National Science Challenge, is being rolled out to the nation’s schools. The programme, known as the Better Start Literacy Approach (BLSA), is part of the Ministry of Education’s major...
