CYDRP – current projects

The following are current projects, that utilise the CYDRP data repository and have full approval for the conduct of the study. The list includes projects funded directly by the CYDRP grant as well as those from other sources. The projects are led by members of the Centre for Child Development and Education data linkage team unless otherwise stated.

Birth and early childhood development
  • Predictive modelling for developmental and educational outcomes in early childhood
  • Exposure to family violence in early childhood 
  • Maternal mental health and childhood outcomes 
  • Unintentional injury hospitalisation among NT children 
  • Estimating the population-level risk of prenatal alcohol-related harm for children
  • Trends in preterm birth in the Top End, 2013-2018 (Dr Kiarna Brown, NT Department of Health)
  • Intergenerational patterns of preterm birth (Dr Holger Unger, Menzies School of Health Research)
  • Development of a predictive risk model for NT children referred to child protection services
  • Estimating the impact of alcohol restrictions on birth and child wellbeing outcomes (Professor Stefanie Schurer, University of Sydney)
  • Seasonal patterns in birth outcomes (Ms Mary-Alice Doyle, London School of Economics)
  • The effect of heat, in utero and infancy, on childhood health and wellbeing (Ms Mary-Alice Doyle, London School of Economics)
  • Outcomes from Special Care Nursery admission (Professor Stefanie Schurer, University of Sydney
  •  Ear health surveillance and early life outcomes (Professor Amanda Leach, Menzies School of Health Research)
Middle childhood
  • From Preschool to Year 3: School engagement of NT remote children (Dr Georgie Nutton, Charles Darwin University)
  • Opportunities for early intervention in middle childhood
  • Patterns of mobility among primary school children in the Northern Territory
  • Does otitis media increase the risk of conductive hearing loss in Aboriginal children living in the Northern Territory? (Dr Jiunn-Yih Su, Menzies School of Health Research)
  • Long term impact of income management on child wellbeing outcomes (Ms Mary-Alice Doyle, London School of Economics)
Teenage years
  • Children in out-of-home care and contact with youth justice services
  • Family violence by adolescents in the NT Youth in Emergency Departments Study
  • Against the Odds: understanding the factors influencing wellbeing among Aboriginal youth (Prof Stefanie Schurer)
  • Understanding Pathways in Permanency Planning: Evaluating the impact of different out-of-home care arrangements on children’s long-term outcomes (Professor Stefanie Schurer, University of Sydney)
  • Needs and services for young people involved with youth justice services
  • Multiple outcomes in adolescence: Understanding the profile of adolescents involved with multiple services.
  • Aboriginal young people and the Northern Territory justice system: apprehension, caution, diversion, charge, and detention