Family by Family: Addressing childhood obesity through local understandings and local solutions

Chief Investigator: Professor Megan Warin Funding Amount: $74,517 Recipient: University of Adelaide Overview: Innovative ways of tackling childhood obesity in disadvantaged communities are urgently needed. This mixed-methods research will evaluate

Thriving in adversity: disadvantaged children performing well in school

Chief Investigator: Dr Catherine Chittleborough Funding Amount: $72,164 Recipient: University of Adelaide Overview: Australian Early Development Census results for South Australian children show 23.5% are developmentally vulnerable at age 5.

Role of refugee parents’ educational aspirations on their children’s academic outcomes

Chief Investigator: Dr Hannah Soong Funding Amount: $33,452 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Evidence linking the benefits of parents’ educational aspirations to their children’s academic outcomes, particularly first-generation migrant

The Baby Teeth Talk Study; follow-up at age 6 years

Chief Investigator: Professor Lisa Jamieson Funding Amount: $75,000 Recipient: University of Adelaide Overview: This application involves a study of Aboriginal children enrolled in a randomised controlled trial called the Baby