Research Projects

Sin, I. 2022. Access to childcare interim report 4: How are childcare access issues reflected in mothers’ work? Wellington: Ministry for Women.ISSN 1176-2667 (Print), ISSN 1177-9047 (Online)

Access to childcare interim report 1: Who has difficulty accessing affordable childcare?

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Sin, I. 2022. Access to childcare interim report 1: Who has difficulty accessing affordable childcare? Wellington: Ministry for Women. ISSN 1176-2667 (Print), ISSN 1177-9047 (Online).

First exposure to antibiotics and neurodevelopmental outcomes in childhood

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This study examines the impact of the timing of first antibiotic exposure on cognitive land behavioural development in children at 4.5 years old while controlling for multiple confounders. It used data from 5,589 children in the Growing Up in New Zealand cohort and assessed outcomes such as behaviour, executive function, and receptive language ability. Findings reveal that earlier antibiotic exposure, especially in the first year of life, was linked to poorer developmental outcomes, including more behavioural difficulties and lower scores in executive function and language ability. Specifically, exposure to antibiotics between birth and 3 months, or 6 and 9 months, was associated with lower receptive vocabulary. Antibiotic exposure before 12 months was also linked to higher behavioural difficulties. These findings suggest that antibiotic use during critical developmental periods may negatively affect children's later cognitive and behavioural outcomes, even after accounting for socioeconomic factors and ear infections (otitis media). Reference: Slykerman, R. F., Neumann, D., Underwood, L., Hobbs, M., & Waldie, K. E. (2023). Age at first exposure to antibiotics and neurodevelopmental outcomes in childhood. Psychopharmacology, 240(5), 1143-1150. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-023-06351-5

Wellbeing and COVID-19: Risk and resilience during lockdown and a potential to foster cultural transmission.

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Young carers in the Growing Up in New Zealand cohort

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Understanding Children’s Responses to Peer Provocation

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The Musical Lives of Children in Aotearoa: Evidence from a longitudinal cohort study.

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Summer Studentship: Who were the Asian mothers in Growing Up in New Zealand at recruitment, and what were their experiences of living in NZ?

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Relationships between reading for pleasure and children’s wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand

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Recurrent microbial carriage and skin and soft tissue infections in New Zealand children

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Longitudinal childhood exposure to unhealthy food environments: an investigation of neighbourhood food environments, household mobility, household deprivation, dietary behaviours and excess body size among children aged 4 to 8 years

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Person-centred analysis of children’s learning and development data underpinned by the principles of Te Whāriki: An exploration of latent subgroup approaches

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Now We Are Twelve Reporting NWA12

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Moderating factors for the development of early childhood behavioural problems and traumatic brain injury (TBICP)

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Longitudinal trajectory modelling using novel machine learning methods

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Intergenerational transmission of human capital: what makes and breaks the cycle of advantage and disadvantage?

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Identifying predictors of access to services that support children’s speech, language and communication

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How are Samoan children growing up in Samoa and in New Zealand? A Descriptive and Comparative Analysis of Lifestyle Behaviours, Growth, General Health, and Well-being in Two Cohorts

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He ara rangatiratanga - Participant response and retention in the longitudinal GUiNZ study

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Growth monitoring Aotearoa: Scoping a national system for tamariki and rangatahi

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Efficacy of Early Childcare

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Exploring the STEM career aspirations of eight-year-olds in Aotearoa

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Debt and economic insecurity among Aotearoa New Zealand families with children

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Child speech, language and communication skills and specialist support. Are parents accessing support for their children with speech, language and communication needs?

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Child health care utilisation and health care practices among New Zealand families for whom English is not their first language

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Associations of screen time and child language

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Associations between parent-infant bed-sharing, breastfeeding, infants exposure to screens and infant sleep outcomes

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Āmua project

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What role do parental values and aspirations play in intergenerational upward mobility?

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2021
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What are the long term employment impacts for mothers of lack of access to affordable, acceptable childcare

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Throat microbiome diversity and bacterial colonisation in preschool children - pilot project

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