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        Healthy Conversations @ Playgroup

        Hayley Anna Christian Bird HC AB BSc (1st Class Hons), PhD W.Aust. BSc(Nutr), MDiet Senior Research Fellow, National Heart Foundation Future Leader ...

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        Evaluation of the Community Playgroup Program

        Alanna Tess Yasmin Sincovich Gregory Harman-Smith AS TG YHS BPsych(Hons), PhD BSc (Hons), PhD (Psychology) BA, BHlthSc(Hons), PhD Senior Research ...

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        Playgroup program transforms early learning in Tonga

        In Australia, community playgroups are seen as the ‘soft touch’. But a research project in Tonga is finding the benefits can last a lifetime. ...

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        A great way to bring up health behaviour topics at playgroup: a qualitative evaluation of the Healthy Conversations @ Playgroup program

        The early years is a critical stage to establish optimal nutrition and movement behaviours. Community playgroups are a relaxed environment for parents with a focus on social connection and supporting parents in their role as 'First Teachers'. Playgroups are therefore an opportunistic setting to promote health behaviours in the early years. ...

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        Playgroup Week celebrates importance of early childhood intervention

        National Playgroup Week, the annual event run by Playgroup Australia, will take place across the country from 20 March to 27 March. ...

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        Kids who attend playgroup do better at school

        New research by the Telethon Kids Institute has found children who attend playgroups achieve better early primary school outcomes. ...

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        New CoLab funding supports innovative therapeutic playgroup trial

        It’s hoped a new therapeutic playgroup being trialled in Perth will help parents and caregivers cut through the stress and become more confident. ...

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        Top reasons why you should consider joining a playgroup

        We have all heard of the phrase ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ but unfortunately in contemporary western society that ‘village’ can be hard to find. ...

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        Randomised Controlled Trial of a Therapeutic Playgroup for Children with Developmental Delays

        A single-blind randomised control trial investigated the effectiveness of the Learn, Engage and Play (LEaP) playgroup. Seventy-one children with developmental delay were randomly allocated to an 8-week LEaP playgroup or control group and followed up at 12 and 28 weeks. ...

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        Playgroup participation and social support outcomes for mothers of young children: A longitudinal cohort study.

        This study aimed to examine friendship networks and social support outcomes for mothers according to patterns of playgroup participation. ...

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