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Child mental health has long been marginalised in policy and funding discussions. Our latest edition of Policy Brief identifies an urgent need to change this paradigm and formulate a comprehensive, sustainable and evidence-informed plan to effectively promote and improve the mental health of children and the adults they become.
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Edition 28 of Policy Brief outlines the implications of this critical time, identifies factors that place children at risk, and recommends a coordinated approach that addresses children’s needs in order to optimise their health and wellbeing, now and into the future.
In July 2017 the Centre for Community Child Health, Opportunity Child and the Victorian Government, hosted the Emerging patterns in place-based approaches: International perspectives roundtable. A report summarising the day's presentations and discussions is now available.
A review by leading child and adolescent health experts from Australia and New Zealand has revealed children raised by same-sex parents do as just well as well as other children, despite the discrimination that their families endure. Read the paper.
A new evidence paper has highlighted the astonishing rates of child development from conception to the end of age two and the benefits of a holistic approach to children’s health. Read the paper.
A project lead by the Centre for Community Child Health has explored how to build the capacity of the Melbourne Children’s campus to effectively support the translation of knowledge into practice and policy, and optimise the impact of research. Read the project findings.
Laying the Foundations is a new eLearning course that provides an overview of early childhood learning and development from 0-8 years, supporting the professional development of early childhood educators and practitioners. Take a tour of the course!
Two new eLearning courses are now available for practitioners, both experienced and those new to Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS). Watch a demonstration.
Established in 1994, the Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH) works in partnership with communities to support the health, development and wellbeing of all children.
CCCH research has revealed the number of children and young people presenting to Victorian emergency departments for mental health problems tripled during 2008-2015.
Watch a presentation from Dr Tim Moore on the evidence and implications surrounding the first 1000 days of a child's life.
Listen to a podcast with Professor Frank Oberklaid about the evidence surrounding children's early years, their first 1000 days of life.
The report calls on all governments to invest more in early learning.
The Centre's Director was recognised for his significant service to child health, policy and research and advocacy.
The study found dads reading to children at 2 years improves the child's language outcomes at 4 years of age.
Registrations are now open for our 2018 training and eLearning. We're excited to offer two new courses – Difficult Conversations and Facilitating Engagement.
Congratulations to Professor Frank Oberklaid on his reappointment as Chair of the Victorian Children’s Council.
As well as being a department of The Royal Children’s Hospital, the Centre for Community Child Health is a research department of Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2016. To celebrate this significant milestone, MCRI has released Brilliant Minds as a snapshot of its researchers’ work.