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  2014
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• Year: 
  2014
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The objective of the study is to understand how maternal mental health change between the antenatal period and two years post-partum, and to understand how maternal mental health at the antenatal period can affect child outcomes at two years.

• Year: 
  2014
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• Year: 
  2014
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• Year: 
  2014
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The objectives of the study is to: (1) to investigate the influence of father personality on father-infant closeness, (2) to investigate the influence of infant temperament on father-infant closeness, (3) to investigate whether parental support and father confidence in caring for the child affect father-infant closeness.

• Year: 
  2014
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• Year: 
  2014
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• Year: 
  2014
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  External
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• Year: 
  2013
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• Year: 
  2013
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• Year: 
  2013
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The thesis proposal is to explore the role of childcare in shaping the dietary patterns and body weight of infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers.

• Year: 
  2013
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This study described the patterns of mobility before and after birth, and identified factors associated with stability and mobility.

• Year: 
  2013
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• Year: 
  2013
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This study explored the longitudinal information being collected from Pacific children and their ‘anau which provides an unique resource.

• Year: 
  2013
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This study is designed to explore in much greater detail the early life development, environmental influences (including antenatally), socioeconomic circumstances and diversity of the Māori participants and to explore how the parental and whanau affiliations, cultural identity, service accessibility (including health care and social support) and contact with cultural institutions (such as marae) influence the growth and health trajectories of these tamariki in the first 9 months.

• Year: 
  2013
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How do immunisation intentions and reality differ by demographics and characteristics of families and their relationship with health care services?

• Year: 
  2013
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This project will take a life-course epidemiological approach that seeks to determine and quantify the effects of multiple early-life variables on the socio-emotional developmental trajectories and outcomes of preschool aged children, paying attention to the complex interrelationships of these bio-psychosocial variables and their cumulative effects upon the trajectories, in order to elucidate temporal and causal hierarchies among the variables.

• Year: 
  2013
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The study is investigating: (1) how is family structure in the antenatal period related to family and environmental/social factors at nine months? (2) how is household composition related to family and environmental/social factors at nine months? and (3) how are both related to infant health and developmental variables at nine months?

• Year: 
  2013
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• Year: 
  2012
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This thesis determined if children with poorer vitamin D status at birth are at increased risk of hospital admission for respiratory tract infections during the first year of life.

• Year: 
  2013
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This study explored the longitudinal information being collected from Asian families.

• Year: 
  2012
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This report described the development of the new generation of New Zealand children from before they were born until they were nine months of age

• Year: 
  2012
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The use of folic acid during pregnancy utilising New Zealand's contemporary birth cohort study, Growing Up in New Zealand has been described.

• Year: 
  2012
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The iron status at birth had been described in a subsample of children enrolled in the Growing Up in New Zealand cohort and part of the cord blood study.

• Year: 
  2012
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The demography, health, pregnancy behaviours, family histories, and intentions for their children, of the partners who were enrolled antenatally into Growing Up in New Zealand, New Zealand’s new birth cohort study has been described.

• Year: 
  2012
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The adherence to nutritional guidelines by pregnant women in New Zealand and maternal characteristics associated with adherence has been determined.

• Year: 
  2012
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The timeliness of lead maternity carer (LMC) engagement was described and factors associated with timely LMC engagement were identified.

• Year: 
  2010
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This is the first Growing Up in New Zealand that described the new generation of children from before they were born

• Year: 
  2011
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The birth characteristics of the Growing Up in New Zealand cohort with those of all New Zealand (NZ) births over a similar time period has been compared, and cohort alignment to current NZ births has been described.

• Year: 
  2012
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The birth characteristics of the Growing Up in New Zealand cohort with those of all New Zealand (NZ) births over a similar time period, and the cohort alignment to current NZ births has been described.

• Year: 
  2012
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This project described the epidemiology of childhood food allergies in NZ over the past 20 years and through a qualitative study, determined what strategies are needed for a New Zealand family to cope, adapt and feel fully supported when a child is diagnosed with a food allergy.