Changing Children's Chances: A Research Based Framework to Address Child Health Inequity

Inequalities in the distribution of COVID-19-related financial difficulties for Australian families with young children

M O'Connor, CJ Greenwood, P Letcher, R Giallo, N Priest, S Goldfeld, S Hope, B Edwards, CA Olsson

2022-11-01

Background: We examine (1) the frequency of financial difficulties in Australian families with young children (0–8 years) in the e..

Better together: Advancing life course research through multi-cohort analytic approaches

M O'Connor, E Spry, G Patton, M Moreno-Betancur, S Arnup, M Downes, S Goldfeld, D Burgner, CA Olsson

2022-09-01

Longitudinal cohorts can provide timely and cost-efficient evidence about the best points of health service and preventive interve..

Data to Decisions: Methods to Create Neighbourhood Built Environment Indicators Relevant for Early Childhood Development

K Villanueva, A Alderton, C Higgs, H Badland, S Goldfeld

2022-05-01

Healthy development in the early years lays the foundations for children’s ongoing physical, emotional, and social development. Ch..

Natural history of mental health competence from childhood to adolescence

M O’Connor, SJ Arnup, F Mensah, C Olsson, S Goldfeld, RM Viner, S Hope

2022-02-01

Background Mental health competence (MHC) involves psychosocial capabilities such as regulating emotions, interacting well with pe..

Findings from the Kids in Communities Study (KiCS): A mixed methods study examining community-level influences on early childhood development

S Goldfeld, K Villanueva, R Tanton, I Katz, S Brinkman, B Giles-Corti, G Woolcock

2021-09-01

There is increasing international interest in place-based approaches to improve early childhood development (ECD) outcomes. The av..

A comparison of two measures to screen for mental health symptoms in pregnancy and early postpartum: the Matthey Generic Mood Questionnaire and the Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scales short-form

DAM Price, MM Middleton, AAPS Matthey, PS Goldfeld, PL Kemp, MF Orsini

2021-02-15

Background: The Matthey Generic Mood Questionnaire (MGMQ) provides a rapid screen of clinically significant emotional difficulties..

Foster and kinship carer survey: Accessing health services for children in out-of-home care

K McLean, H Hiscock, D Scott, S Goldfeld

2021-01-01

Aim: To explore the experiences of Victorian foster and kinship carers in accessing health services for children in their care and..

Maternal Linguistic Input and Child Language in a Cohort at Risk of Experiencing Social Adversity

J Smith, P Levickis, S Goldfeld, L Kemp, L Conway

2021-01-01

Specific features of adult linguistic input may play a larger, or smaller role, at different child ages, across different language..

Teacher Knowledge of Oral Language and Literacy Constructs: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Professional Learning Intervention

S Goldfeld, P Snow, P Eadie, J Munro, L Gold, F Orsini, J Connell, H Stark, A Watts, B Shingles

2021-01-01

Teacher knowledge is a critical factor in student success. In the Classroom Promotion of Oral Language cluster randomized controll..

Foster and kinship carer experiences of accessing healthcare: A qualitative study of barriers, enablers and potential solutions

K McLean, J Clarke, D Scott, H Hiscock, S Goldfeld

2020-06-01

Children living in out-of-home care are known to have more health needs than same-aged peers. Routine health assessment with subse..

Trends in preschool attendance in Australia following major policy reform: Updated evidence six years following a commitment to universal access

M O'Connor, E O'Connor, S Gray, S Goldfeld

2020-04-01

Major policy reforms were instigated in 2008 in Australia to ensure that all children have access to a preschool program in the ye..

The impact of a sustained oral language professional learning program on Australian early years’ teachers’ knowledge, practice and beliefs: a mixed-methods exploration

HL Stark, PA Eadie, PC Snow, SR Goldfeld

2020-03-14

Teachers in the early years of primary school play an important role in supporting students’ oral language skills; however, there ..

Learning outcomes of children with teacher-identified emerging health and developmental needs.

Meredith O'Connor, Shiau Chong, Jon Quach, Sharon Goldfeld

2020-03-01

OBJECTIVES: Children's additional health and developmental needs are often first identified by teachers when they begin school. Th..

Using Hair Cortisol to Examine the Role of Stress in Children's Health Inequalities at 3 Years

HE Bryson, F Mensah, S Goldfeld, AMH Price

2020-03-01

Objective: Children exposed to early adversity (eg, financial hardship, family violence, parent mental health difficulties) are at..

Health needs and timeliness of assessment of Victorian children entering out-of-home care: An audit of a multidisciplinary assessment clinic

K McLean, K Little, H Hiscock, D Scott, S Goldfeld

2019-12-01

Aim: To describe the health needs identified in children attending a comprehensive health assessment at a tertiary hospital, multi..

Processes for engaging and retaining women who are experiencing adversity in longitudinal health services research

A Price, H Bryson, A Smith, F Mensah, S Goldfeld

2019-11-14

Background: Women and families experiencing socioeconomic and psychosocial adversity are the least likely to access health care bu..

Oral health care: The experience of Australian paediatricians

A Koirala, E O'Connor, R Widmer, N Kilpatrick, S Goldfeld

2019-11-01

Aim: Many Australian children have dental decay in their deciduous teeth. Poor oral health can negatively impact a child's ability..

A novel method of rapid appraisal of clinical practice guidelines for children with enuresis

M Trajanovska, S King, S Goldfeld, S Gibb

2019-08-01

Background: Enuresis (bedwetting) is a common but variably managed pediatric condition. Despite an abundance of published document..

School starting age and child development in a state-wide, population-level cohort of children in their first year of school in New South Wales, Australia

M Hanly, B Edwards, S Goldfeld, RG Craven, J Mooney, L Jorm, K Falster

2019-07-01

In Australia's most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), children born between January and July have the choice to start school ..

A brief survey to identify pregnant women experiencing increased psychosocial and socioeconomic risk

A Price, H Bryson, F Mensah, L Kemp, C Smith, F Orsini, H Hiscock, L Gold, A Smith, L Bishop, S Goldfeld

2019-06-01

Problem: Identifying pregnant women whose children are at risk of poorer development in a rapid, acceptable and feasible way. Back..

Local housing characteristics associated with early childhood development outcomes in Australian disadvantaged communities

K Villanueva, H Badland, R Tanton, I Katz, S Brinkman, JL Lee, G Woolcock, B Giles-Corti, S Goldfeld

2019-05-02

Disadvantaged communities tend to have poorer early childhood development outcomes. Access to safe, secure, and stable housing is ..

Hair cortisol as a measure of the stress response to social adversity in young children

HE Bryson, S Goldfeld, AMH Price, F Mensah

2019-05-01

Hair cortisol has the potential to provide insight into young children's long-term stress response to social adversity. This study..

Positive Mental Health and Academic Achievement in Elementary School: New Evidence From a Matching Analysis

M O’Connor, D Cloney, A Kvalsvig, S Goldfeld

2019-05-01

Previous research suggests that gains in positive mental health (often termed flourishing, wellbeing, or competence) is associated..

Trends in the prevalence and distribution of teacher-identified special health-care needs across three successive population cohorts

M O'Connor, E O'Connor, J Quach, R Vashishtha, S Goldfeld

2019-03-01

Aim: Some children's special health-care needs (SHCN) are formalised at the start of schooling (established SHCN), but a larger pr..

Associations between early maternal behaviours and child language at 36 months in a cohort experiencing adversity

J Smith, P Levickis, T Eadie, L Bretherton, L Conway, S Goldfeld

2019-01-01

Background: Variations in parenting, more specifically less responsive and more directive parenting, contribute to language diffic..

Nurse home visiting for families experiencing adversity: A randomized trial

S Goldfeld, A Price, C Smith, T Bruce, H Bryson, F Mensah, F Orsini, L Gold, H Hiscock, L Bishop, A Smith, S Perlen, L Kemp

2019-01-01

OBJECTIVES: Nurse home visiting (NHV) may redress inequities in children's health and development evident by school entry. We test..

What is the timeliness and extent of health service use of Victorian (Australia) children in the year after entry to out-of-home care? Protocol for a retrospective cohort study using linked administrative data

K McLean, H Hiscock, D Scott, S Goldfeld

2019-01-01

Introduction Children entering out-of-home care have high rates of health needs across all domains of health. To identify these ne..

Profiles of Mental Health Competence and Difficulties as Predictors of Children’s Early Learning

E O’Connor, M O’Connor, S Gray, S Goldfeld

2018-12-01

There is increasing acknowledgement of the importance of the early years of school in laying the foundations for children’s learni..

The impact of multidimensional disadvantage over childhood on developmental outcomes in Australia

S Goldfeld, M O’Connor, S Chong, S Gray, E O’Connor, S Woolfenden, G Redmond, K Williams, F Mensah, A Kvalsvig, H Badland

2018-10-01

Background: Understanding the relationship between different aspects of disadvantage over time and domains of child development wi..

Predictive validity of verbal and non-verbal communication and mother–child turn-taking at 12 months on language outcomes at 24 and 36 months in a cohort of infants experiencing adversity: a preliminary study

J Smith, T Eadie, P Levickis, L Bretherton, S Goldfeld

2018-09-01

Background: Parent-reported measures of early communication have limitations for use with infants experiencing adversity. Observat..

More than a snapshot in time: Pathways of disadvantage over childhood

S Goldfeld, M O'Connor, E O'Connor, S Chong, H Badland, S Woolfenden, G Redmond, K Williams, F Azpitarte, D Cloney, F Mensah

2018-08-01

Background: Disadvantage rarely manifests as a single event, but rather is the enduring context in which a child's development unf..

Academic outcomes of multilingual children in Australia

M O’Connor, E O’Connor, J Tarasuik, S Gray, A Kvalsvig, S Goldfeld

2018-07-04

Purpose: The Australian educational system is increasingly challenged to meet the needs of multilingual students, who comprise a f..

Can a teacher-reported indicator be used for population monitoring of oral language skills at school entry?

S Gray, A Kvalsvig, M O’Connor, E O’Connor, E Incledon, J Tarasuik, S Goldfeld

2018-07-04

Purpose: Monitoring oral language skills at the population level would provide valuable data to inform policy decisions to better ..

Surveying social adversity in pregnancy: The antenatal risk burden experienced by Australian women

S Goldfeld, E D'Abaco, H Bryson, F Mensah, AMH Price

2018-07-01

Aim: Many, varied, antenatal risk factors can adversely impact children's health, behaviour and cognition. Understanding the anten..

Data resource profile: The child language repository (CLARE)

S Reilly, E Cini, L Gold, S Goldfeld, J Law, P Levickis, F Mensah, A Morgan, JM Nicholson, HND Le, A Pezic, B Tomblin, M Wake, L Wardrop

2018-06-01

Designing, testing, and implementing a sustainable nurse home visiting program: Right@home

S Goldfeld, A Price, L Kemp

2018-05-01

Nurse home visiting (NHV) offers a potential platform to both address the factors that limit access to services for families exper..

Monitoring tools for child development: an opportunity for action

S Goldfeld, A Yousafzai

2018-03-01

Understanding child disadvantage from a social determinants perspective

S Goldfeld, M O'Connor, D Cloney, S Gray, G Redmond, H Badland, K Williams, F Mensah, S Woolfenden, A Kvalsvig, AT Kochanoff

2018-03-01

Background Child health and developmental inequities exist in all countries. Comprehensive and robust concepts of disadvantage are..

Associations between Maternal Behaviors at 1 Year and Child Language at 2 Years in a Cohort of Women Experiencing Adversity

J Smith, P Levickis, T Eadie, L Bretherton, L Conway, S Goldfeld

2018-01-01

Variations in parenting have been suggested as contributing to a higher prevalence of language difficulties in children experienci..

Classroom Promotion of Oral Language (CPOL): Protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of a school-based intervention to improve children's literacy outcomes at grade 3, oral language and mental health

S Goldfeld, P Snow, P Eadie, J Munro, L Gold, HND Le, F Orsini, B Shingles, K Lee, J Connell, A Watts

2017-11-01

Introduction Oral language and literacy competence are major influences on children's developmental pathways and life success. Chi..

Data Resource Profile: Seeding Success: A crosssectoral data resource for early childhood health and development research in Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children

K Falster, M Jorgensen, M Hanly, E Banks, M Brownell, S Eades, R Craven, S Goldfeld, D Randall, L Jorm

2017-10-01

Restricted health care entitlements for child migrants in Europe and Australia

L Stubbe Østergaard, M Norredam, C Mock-Munoz De Luna, M Blair, S Goldfeld, A Hjern

2017-10-01

Background More than 300 000 asylum seeking children were registered in Europe alone during 2015. In this study, we examined entit..

Special Health Care Needs Across the School and Family Contexts: Implications for Service Utilization

M O'Connor, S Rosema, J Quach, A Kvalsvig, S Goldfeld

2017-08-01

Objective A fifth of children enter school with special health care needs (SHCN), many of whom have difficulties that are milder o..

The feasibility and acceptability of a population-level antenatal risk factor survey: Cross-sectional pilot study

AMH Price, HE Bryson, F Mensah, L Kemp, L Bishop, S Goldfeld

2017-06-01

Aim: Australian data on the prevalence and distribution of antenatal risk factors are scarce. This study aimed to investigate (i) ..

'Right@home': A randomised controlled trial of sustained nurse home visiting from pregnancy to child age 2 years, versus usual care, to improve parent care, parent responsivity and the home learning environment at 2 years

S Goldfeld, A Price, H Bryson, T Bruce, F Mensah, F Orsini, L Gold, H Hiscock, C Smith, L Bishop, D Jackson, L Kemp

2017-03-01

Introduction: By the time children start school, inequities in learning, development and health outcomes are already evident. Sust..

Concurrent associations between maternal behaviours and infant communication within a cohort of women and their infants experiencing adversity

J Smith, P Levickis, T Eadie, L Bretherton, L Conway, S Goldfeld

2017-01-01

Purpose: Evidence suggests that children living in adversity are at greater risk of poorer language than their peers with the qual..

The demand for speech pathology services for children: Do we need more or just different?

S Reilly, M Harper, S Goldfeld

2016-12-01

An inability or difficulty communicating can have a profound impact on a child's future ability to participate in society as a pro..

Parent and teacher perceptions of emerging special health care needs

M O'Connor, S Rosema, J Quach, A Kvalsvig, S Goldfeld

2016-10-01

Aim: A fifth of children enter school with special health care needs (SHCN) impacting on their physical, psychosocial or education..

Family and community predictors of comorbid language, socioemotional and behavior problems at school entry

N Hughes, E Sciberras, S Goldfeld

2016-07-01

Objectives: To identify the prevalence and family and community-level predictors of comorbid speech-language difficulties and soci..

Language and reading instruction in early years’ classrooms: the knowledge and self-rated ability of Australian teachers

HL Stark, PC Snow, PA Eadie, SR Goldfeld

2016-04-01

This study sought to investigate the level of knowledge of language constructs in a cohort of Australian teachers and to examine t..

Can the Neighborhood Built Environment Make a Difference in Children's Development? Building the Research Agenda to Create Evidence for Place-Based Children's Policy

K Villanueva, H Badland, A Kvalsvig, M O'Connor, H Christian, G Woolcock, B Giles-Corti, S Goldfeld

2016-01-01

Healthy child development is determined by a combination of physical, social, family, individual, and environmental factors. Thus ..