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Healthy Behaviours and Environments ProgramListed are all The Kids Research Institute Australia research teams involved in our Healthy Behaviours and Environments Research Program. This program sits under the Brain and Behaviour research theme.

The Adolescent Health and Wellbeing team works in partnership with young people to understand their priority needs and the best ways to address these. This includes informing evidence-based policies and co-designing accessible and responsive health services.
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The early Human Capability Index (eHCI)The Early Human Capability Index is a holistic measure intended to capture early child development across diverse cultures and contexts.

The ultimate goal of the Alcohol and Pregnancy and FASD Research Team is to make FASD history in Australia.
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National Hybrid Closed-Loop Outpatient TrialThe national Hybrid Closed-Loop Outpatient Trial will test the use of an automated insulin delivery system to see if it is better at optimising blood glucose levels than standard therapy.
The Health of Aboriginal Children and Young People
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Start Stronger, Live Longer Resource Manual for Aboriginal Health WorkersThis resource kit for Aboriginal health workers is an exciting milestone in the Rio Tinto Aboriginal Health partnership with The Kids Research Institute Australia

ACCARE provides high level advice to the Institute's Director around strategic directions and operational elements relating to Aboriginal health research

A dramatic rise in food allergies over the past 20 years had Australian medical professionals scratching their heads, with three in every ten babies born each year developing food-related allergy or eczema.