Sally Brinkman

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The community environment clearly has a large influence on child development, but exactly which factors are most important? Tracey Nearmy/AAP

Working out what makes a good community where young children can thrive

Sharon Goldfeld, The University of Melbourne; Billie Giles-Corti, RMIT University; Geoffrey Woolcock, University of Southern Queensland; Hannah Badland, RMIT University; Ilan Katz, UNSW ; Karen Villanueva, Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Robert Tanton, University of Canberra, and Sally Brinkman, The Kids Research Institute Australia

Research has started to identify the key factors in creating communities that promote good early childhood development.
The programs aim to influence teens to think seriously about contraception and the consequences of their sexual choices. Mary Sauers/Flickr

Electronic baby simulators could increase, not decrease, teen pregnancy

Maxine Gatt, The Conversation

Electronic baby simulators given to schoolgirls as part of a sex education program may make teenage girls more, not less, likely to become pregnant, a new Australian study has found.

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