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$4m Awarded To New Research Addressing Child Health Challenges
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 12:20 pm | A Better Start National Science Challenge
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 ... More >>
Kindergartens Involved In New Study Aimed At Improving Early Literacy Among Kiwi Kids
Wednesday, 19 August 2020, 3:24 pm | A Better Start National Science Challenge
A new research project involving nearly 600 pre-schoolers from Canterbury and Central Otago is aiming to improve Kiwi kids’ early literacy development. Developing early literacy skills makes it easer for children to learn to read. Children who enter ... More >>
Novel Approach Enables Improved Capabilities For Autism Research In New Zealand
Thursday, 23 July 2020, 10:29 am | A Better Start National Science Challenge
A Better Start National Science Challenge’s Big Data theme has developed a method for identifying children and young people on the autism spectrum/Takiwātanga using health data within the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI). The method enables research ... More >>
Research To Address Inequities In Maternal Health Services For Māori Receives A Better Start Funding
Wednesday, 20 May 2020, 2:50 pm | A Better Start National Science Challenge
New research by the University of Waikato aims to address inequities in maternal health services for Māori by using Māori knowledge and tikanga to empower Māori families. The research investment by A Better Start National Science Challenge is ... More >>
Aroha, Clever Kiwi Ingenuity To Help Young People Cope With COVID-19 Lockdown
Wednesday, 8 April 2020, 6:10 am | A Better Start National Science Challenge
Researchers from the University of Auckland and A Better Start – E Tipu e Rea National Science Challenge have developed Aroha, a Chatbot, to help young people manage stress and isolation during the current COVID-19 lockdown. Aroha can be accessed ... More >>
Novel Approach Enables Improved Capabilities For Mental Health Research And Evaluation In NZ
Monday, 2 March 2020, 1:21 pm | A Better Start National Science Challenge
A Better Start National Science Challenge researchers, Nicholas Bowden, and co-authors from the Big Data and Resilient Teens research teams have developed a new and useful method for identifying and better understanding mental health and related problems ... More >>
Early learning success builds children’s wellbeing
Wednesday, 16 October 2019, 11:36 am | A Better Start National Science Challenge
The foundations of early literacy success and subsequent educational achievement and healthy wellbeing are developed in the early childhood period. New research funded by A Better Start National Start Challenge advances science at international levels ... More >>
New research to get a better night’s sleep for tamariki
Wednesday, 9 October 2019, 2:10 pm | A Better Start National Science Challenge
A new strategic research project with the aim of improving sleep for pepi and their whanau has been awarded $1.7 million over three years by A Better Start National Science Challenge. As well as improving sleep, this project also aims to reduce excessive ... More >>
Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy of upmost importance
Friday, 30 August 2019, 10:23 am | A Better Start National Science Challenge
“The Government’s Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy, which was released yesterday, is an extremely positive step towards improving the lives of tamariki in New Zealand,” says Professor Wayne Cutfield, A Better Start National Science Challenge Director. More >>
Tight budgets, time pressures leave takeaways the easy meal
Monday, 24 June 2019, 2:11 pm | A Better Start National Science Challenge
Tight budgets, time pressures and other stressors leave takeaways the easier meal choice for low-income Māori parents More >>
Social disadvantage a key prediction of child obesity rates
Monday, 17 June 2019, 9:08 am | A Better Start National Science Challenge
Differences in socioeconomic conditions are a major driver of unequal obesity rates among Māori, Pacific and European children, a new study shows. More >>
All children should be encouraged to play sport
Tuesday, 4 June 2019, 11:22 am | A Better Start National Science Challenge
Over the past 11 years there has been a large increase in ACC claims for sports injuries in teens. Since 2008 there has been a 60 per cent increase in ACC lodged sports injuries in 10-14 year olds. ACC are concerned that children are over doing it. Is that really ... More >>
A Better Start National Science Challenge endorses Budget
Thursday, 30 May 2019, 10:16 am | A Better Start National Science Challenge
“We are pleased to endorse the Prime Minister’s first Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy, which will be released later today,” says A Better Start Challenge Director, Professor Wayne Cutfield. More >>
Symposium focuses on giving our tamariki a better start
Tuesday, 21 May 2019, 1:52 pm | A Better Start National Science Challenge
Better Together 2019 symposium focuses on ways to give our tamariki a better start in life More >>
