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 | Jun 12, 2022 | Media release, Resilient Teens
Teenagers spend plenty of time on their phones – and now that technology is playing a major part in helping them to deal with rising mental health issues. Researchers for A Better Start National Science Challenge have developed innovative new digital tools to address...
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 | 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...
by michelecrawshaw | Jul 25, 2021 | Healthy Weight, Media release, News, Resilient Teens, Successful Literacy and Learning, Vision Matauranga
A Better Start E Tipu e Rea National Science Challenge has helped to inform the next steps for the country’s Well Child Tamariki Ora programme, which provides health and development screening for children from birth to five years. A major review, commissioned by the...
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...
