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Child development

Determinants of unmet social needs and the role of parental mental health in families from multicultural and regional/rural communities of Australia

James John, Teresa Winata, Si Wang, Melissa Smead, Weng Tong Wu, Jane Kohlhoff, Virginia Schmied, Bin Jalaludin, Kenny Lawson, Siaw-Teng Liaw, Raghu Lingam, Andrew Page, Christa Lam-Cassettari, Katherine Boydell, Ping-I. Lin, Ilan Katz, Ann Dadich, Shanti Raman, Rebekah Grace, Aunty Kerrie Doyle, Tom McClean, Blaise Di Mento, John Preddy, Susan Woolfenden, Valsamma Eapen

published 11 Aug 2026

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Why are the implementation of and access to child developmental assessment within routine healthcare so difficult in Ethiopia? A descriptive qualitative study

Selamawit Gebeyehu, Monique Mommers, Sultan Hussen, Mark Spigt

published 10 Aug 2026

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Teacher-reported kindergarten development among children exposed to prescription opioids during pregnancy

Omaymah Abulannaz, Chelsea A. Ruth, Andi Camden, Marni Brownell, M. Florencia Ricci, Roxana Dragan, Depeng Jiang, Geert ‘t Jong, Lauren E. Kelly

published 06 Aug 2026

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Advancing mental health and well-being of Nigerian children through public health screening for Fragile X disorders (CHAMP-FX): protocol of a prospective multicentre screening study with longitudinal follow-up

Chioma Ngozichukwu Pauline Mbachu, Edwin Ehi Eseigbe, Ikechukwu Innocent Mbachu, George Uchenna Eleje, Ifeoma Bridget Udigwe, Chika Onwuwamah, Ifeoma Chisom Iloghalu, Justus Onu, Onochie Patrick Manafa, Onyekachi Okonkwo, Halima Adamu, Rasaki Aliu, Chizalu Ifeyinwa Ndukwu, Victor Ugochukwu Ndubuisi, Theresa Erezimena Ogholaja, Samuel Okwuchukwu Ilikannu, Ahoma Mbanuzuru, Kingsley Anukam, Gbenga Olorunfemi, Amalachukwu Okwukweka Odita, Divinefavour Malachy Echezona, Uzoma Okereke, Esther Umeadi, Gerald Okanandu Udigwe, Amarachi Ujunwa Bayo, Jacinta Elo-Ilo, Maria-Regina Idume, Chijioke Elias Ezeudu, Kelechi Odinaka, Zita Chidera Ezeno, Binyelum Ofojebe, Adaeze Obiegbu, Chukwudubem Onyejiaka, Amara Egbogu, Obed Chukwuma Azubike, Ngozi Chinenye Okeke, Esther Nwabuife Ugochukwu, Sunday Onyemaechi Oriji, Yves-Ann Amaka Ezeuko, Udoka Peace Adeniyi, Lazarus Ugochukwu Okafor, Joy Chinelo Ebenebe, Uwakwe Richard, Clement Chukwudorue Ezechukwu, Flora Tassone, Randi Hagerman

published 05 Aug 2026

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Multi-method, longitudinal study on behavioral, emotional, and developmental factors of children in residential care in Lower Austria: A study protocol

Sarah Buttler-Stöbich, Rachel Dale, Katja Haider, Doris Mayerhofer, Raphaela Kohout, Ilona Horwath, Christoph Pieh

published 09 Jul 2026

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Chronic absenteeism in Canadian kindergarten classes, pre- and post-COVID-19, and its association with concurrent developmental vulnerability

Caroline Reid-Westoby, Eric Duku, Ashley Gaskin, Magdalena Janus

published 15 Jun 2026

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‘Just Play’ (JP) - creative arts therapies-based dyadic intervention for children with intellectual disability and their mothers: Study protocol for a mixed-methods randomized controlled trial

Rita Abramov, Amitai Stern, Rinat Feniger-Schaal, Cochavit Elefant, Limor Goldner, Tal-Chen Rabinowitch

published 21 May 2026

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Maternal obesity and prenatal alcohol exposure are associated with child development: Results from the Safe Passage Study

Ayesha Sania, Shreya Rao, Nicolò Pini, Mandy Potter, Yael Rayport, Liana Eisler, Lucy Brink, Jyoti Angal, Michael M. Myers, Hein Odendaal, Amy J. Elliott, William P. Fifer, Lauren C. Shuffrey

published 06 Apr 2026

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Caregivers’ early stimulation behaviors on early child development outcomes in Northern Ghana

Eunsoo Timothy Kim, John A. Gallis, Mohammed Ali, Margaret Lillie, Safiyatu Abubakr-Bibilazu, Haliq Adam, Elena McEwan, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, John Hembling, Joy Noel Baumgartner

published 03 Apr 2026

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Effect of maternal education on the literacy-numeracy development of children: A propensity-score matched analysis

Md Akter Hosen, M. Iftakhar Alam, Mohaimen Mansur

published 20 Mar 2026

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Association between obesity and neurodevelopmental delay risk in children under five years: A study from Tumbes, Peru

Miriam Arredondo-Nontol, Rodolfo Arredondo-Nontol, Narcisa Reto, Alexis Germán Murillo Carrasco

published 06 Mar 2026

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Implementation research to scale up the women and infants integrated interventions for growth study (WINGS) in Himachal Pradesh: Protocol for a quasi-experimental, mixed-methods study

Arun Singh Jadaun, Jaideep Kumar, Barsha Gadapani Pathak, Sudha Devi, Pradeep Kumar Thakur, Gopal Beri, Mohan Dutt, Seema Thakur, Sanjiv Kumar Verma, Sanjay Mankotia, Anjali Chauhan, Ravinder Kumar, Ankit Chaudhary, Richa Kalia, Devinder Sharma, Ranadip Chowdhury, Neeta Dhabhai, Vinod Kumar Anand, Sunita Taneja, Nita Bhandari, Sarmila Mazumder

published 17 Feb 2026

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Co-developing SHELTER (Safe, Healthy Environments and Local Transformation for Equity and Resilience) with families with lived experience of homelessness in the New York City shelter system: A community needs assessment and data collection protocol

Diana Margot Rosenthal, Kate Guastaferro, Jasia Kubik, Melody Goodman

published 28 Jan 2026

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