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Sally A Brinkman

University of South Australia
Verified email at unisa.edu.au
Cited by 4455

The influence of the neighborhood physical environment on early child health and development: A review and call for research

H Christian, SR Zubrick, S Foster, B Giles-Corti, F Bull… - Health & place, 2015 - Elsevier
This review examines evidence of the association between the neighborhood built
environment, green spaces and outdoor home area, and early (0–7 years) child health and …

Investment in child and adolescent health and development: key messages from Disease Control Priorities

DAP Bundy, N de Silva, S Horton, GC Patton, L Schultz… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
The realisation of human potential for development requires age-specific investment
throughout the 8000 days of childhood and adolescence. Focus on the first 1000 days is an …

Effectiveness of a school-based mindfulness program for transdiagnostic prevention in young adolescents

C Johnson, C Burke, S Brinkman, T Wade - Behaviour research and therapy, 2016 - Elsevier
Anxiety, depression and eating disorders show peak emergence during adolescence and
share common risk factors. School-based prevention programs provide a unique opportunity …

Associations between the early development instrument at age 5, and reading and numeracy skills at ages 8, 10 and 12: a prospective linked data study

S Brinkman, T Gregory, J Harris, B Hart… - Child Indicators …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract The Australian Early Development Index (AEDI) is collected at age 5 as a
developmental census once every 3 years across the entire country. The AEDI is the …

[PDF][PDF] The Early Development Instrument: A population-based measure for communities

M Janus, S Brinkman, E Duku, C Hertzman… - Offord Centre for Child …, 2007 - academia.edu
Knowledge transfer from research results into mainstream practice is often a long process
and in the case of innovative methods in the social sciences, can be confined within the …

Validity and psychometric properties of the early development instrument in Canada, Australia, United States, and Jamaica

M Janus, SA Brinkman, EK Duku - Social Indicators Research, 2011 - Springer
There is an increasing support from international organizations and the research community
for stepping beyond infant or child mortality as the most common child level social indicator …

Data resource profile: the Australian early development index (AEDI)

SA Brinkman, TA Gregory, S Goldfeld… - International journal …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Every 3 years, the Australian Government conducts a developmental census across
the entire population of children in their first year of full-time schooling (median age 5 years) …

Investigating the validity of the Australian early development index

SA Brinkman, S Silburn, D Lawrence… - Early Education and …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
This article aims to contribute to the ongoing evaluation of the Australian Early Development
Index (AEDI) by investigating its construct and concurrent validity with a subsample of 642 …

A randomized controlled evaluation of a secondary school mindfulness program for early adolescents: Do we have the recipe right yet?

C Johnson, C Burke, S Brinkman, T Wade - Behaviour research and therapy, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective Mindfulness is being promoted in schools as a prevention program despite a
current small evidence base. The aim of this research was to conduct a rigorous evaluation …

The role of preschool in promoting children's healthy development: Evidence from an Australian population cohort

S Goldfeld, E O'Connor, M O'Connor, M Sayers… - Early Childhood …, 2016 - Elsevier
A growing body of evidence suggests that engagement with quality early childhood
education and care (ECEC) programs such as preschool can enhance children's early …