In collaboration with Professor Jane Fisher and her group at Monash University and colleagues at RTCCD, this project has developed an innovative response to improve early childhood development in the context of grave socioeconomic disadvantage. It addresses major risk factors, including macro and micronutrient deficiencies, common mental disorders, domestic violence and inadequate parenting. The intervention will be assessed in an RCT, commencing in 2016 and is funded by Grand Challenges Canada – Saving Brains Initiative and the NHMRC.
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