Sharon Goldfeld
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 321704 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Sharon Goldfeld |
| PRENOMES | Sharon |
| SOBRENOME | Goldfeld |
| ASSINATURA | GOLDFELD S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Royal Children's Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6520-7094 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 49 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 75 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 49 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2014 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Barriers and facilitators to data-based decision making in Australian early childhood education and care
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) provides a critical platform for children's development in the early years. To be of benefit to all children, ECEC must deliver on three key areas: availability (quantity), quality and participation (reach and dose). Lead indicators can be derived and applied to help service providers drive equitable systems change. Yet there is little evidence that the ECEC sector is able to utilise lead indicators and d…
Generation Victoria (GenV)
ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05394363; retrospectively registered 23 May 2022 (8 months into recruitment)
Early Family Influences on Mental Health Competence and Difficulties for Children From Priority Populations
Child mental health competence and difficulties are distributed inequitably. Children from priority populations (rural children, children experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage, children from visible minorities) are disproportionately affected by systemic barriers impacting mental health. To develop effective equity‐focused strategies, it's essential to understand the distribution and shared/unique drivers of mental health outcomes for these gro…
Measuring Child Disadvantage
Robust measurement of disadvantage is essential to identifying and addressing inequities in children's development. We tested how a multidimensional framework of child disadvantage performed relative to a traditional socioeconomic position (SEP) approach to predict developmental outcomes. We utilised data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children ( n = 5107). Disadvantage at ages 4–5 was measured using: (1) family‐level SEP; (2) four soc…
Parenting program participation
Evidence-based Lead Indicators to Drive Equitable Early Years Services
Children living in adversity are disproportionately affected by inequities in early childhood health and education service delivery, leading to differential outcomes that track into adulthood. Previous research has demonstrated the inconsistency, lack of effectiveness, and harm that human services can cause across the social sector when service delivery is poor. A significant factor preventing equitable responses to performance challenges is the …
Neighborhood ‘double disadvantage’ and child development in inner city and growth areas
We examined whether urbanicity – living in inner, middle, outer or growth areas – was associated with children's developmental vulnerability. We also explored effects of neighborhood ‘double disadvantage’, conceptualised as living in an outer or growth area with high neighborhood disadvantage, was associated with children's developmental vulnerability. There seemed to be no relationship between the level of urbanicity and child development, but u…
Barriers and Enablers to Data-Based Decision Making in Australian Place-Based Community Initiatives
This study investigated barriers and enablers to collecting, reporting, and using data and evidence-based lead indicators in decision-making. Four Australian place-based initiatives (PBI) focused on improving child health and reducing inequities participated. Eight interviews with PBI leaders revealed barriers and enablers aligned with all three Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation factors of the COM-B model of behaviour. Difficulties sharing …
Lessons Learned From the Implementation of an Integrated Health and Social Care Child and Family Hub – a Case Study
Maintaining and developing practice change during implementation requires time and access to a broad range of data to enable iteration and the development of solutions
Evidence bases to inform school improvement plans
The complementary impacts of nurse home visiting and quality childcare for children experiencing adversity
Australian Governments are increasingly understanding the impacts of early adversity, evidenced by ongoing policy and investment in two of the most widely implemented early interventions: nurse home visiting (NHV) and early childhood education and care (ECEC). Neither intervention fully redresses the developmental inequities engendered by early adversity, yet their synergistic impacts (“dynamic complementarity”) are unknown. In this research, we …
Household income supplements in early childhood to reduce inequities in children's development
Identifying and responding to family adversity in Australian community and primary health settings
Background: Unaddressed family adversity has potentially modifiable, negative biopsychosocial impacts across the life course. Little is known about how Australian health and social practitioners identify and respond to family adversity in community and primary health settings. Objective: To describe, in two Australian community health services: (1) the number of adversities experienced by caregivers, (2) practitioner identification of caregivers …
No time for business as usual
of key points In the face of contemporary global challenges to child development, both pre and postpandemic, business as usual approaches are inadequate to promote equitable early child development (ECD)
An urban neighbourhood framework for realising progress towards the New Urban Agenda for equitable early childhood development
Children consistently exposed to positive, stimulating environments, including their spatial neighbourhood, experience foundations for ongoing optimal development. Recognition of the neighbourhood as a mechanism to enhance wellbeing is reflected in the United Nation's New Urban Agenda. Through a series of innovations and advancements, this paper aims to describe a spatial indicators' framework, the Neighbourhood Early Childhood Development Framew…
Associations between ongoing Covid ‐19 lockdown and the financial and mental health experiences of Australian families
In 2020, Australia's successful COVID‐19 public health restrictions comprised a national “initial lockdown” (March–May) and “ongoing lockdown” (July–November) for metropolitan Victorian residents only. We evaluated associations between ongoing lockdown and family finances and mental health. In the June and September 2020 Royal Children's Hospital National Child Health Polls, caregivers of children in Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) reported th…
The potential of intervening on childhood adversity to reduce socioeconomic inequities in body mass index and inflammation among Australian and UK children
BACKGROUND: Lower maternal education is associated with higher body mass index (BMI) and higher chronic inflammation in offspring. Childhood adversity potentially mediates these associations. We examined the extent to which addressing childhood adversity could reduce socioeconomic inequities in these outcomes. METHODS: We analysed data from two early-life longitudinal cohorts: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC; n=1873) and the U…
Do Integrated Hub Models of Care Improve Mental Health Outcomes for Children Experiencing Adversity? A Systematic Review
Improving Cohort-Hospital Matching Accuracy through Standardization and Validation of Participant Identifiable Information
Linking very large, consented birth cohorts to birthing hospitals clinical data could elucidate the lifecourse outcomes of health care and exposures during the pregnancy, birth and newborn periods. Unfortunately, cohort personally identifiable information (PII) often does not include unique identifier numbers, presenting matching challenges. To develop optimized cohort matching to birthing hospital clinical records, this pilot drew on a one-year …
Data to Decisions
Healthy development in the early years lays the foundations for children's ongoing physical, emotional, and social development. Children develop in multiple contexts, including their local neighbourhood. Neighbourhood-built environment characteristics, such as housing, walkability, traffic exposure, availability of services, facilities, and parks, are associated with a range of health and wellbeing outcomes across the life course, but evidence wi…
Ameliorating Child poverty through Connecting Economic Services with child health Services (Access)
Clinicaltrials.gov; NCT05511961. Prospectively registered on 23 August 2022. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05511961
The built environment and early childhood development
This paper explores neighborhood-built environment features related to ‘better than expected’ and ‘as expected’ early childhood development outcomes (ECD) in 14 Australian disadvantaged communities. This paper draws from mixed methods data collected in the Kids in Communities Study – an Australian investigation of community effects on ECD – in communities across five states and territories. In total, 93 interviews and 30 focus groups were conduct…
Timeliness and extent of health service use by Victorian (Australian) children within first year after entry to out-of-home care
Natural history of mental health competence from childhood to adolescence
Background Mental health competence (MHC) involves psychosocial capabilities such as regulating emotions, interacting well with peers and caring for others, and predicts a range of health and social outcomes. This study examines the course of MHC from childhood to adolescence and patterning by gender and disadvantage, in Australian and UK contexts. Methods Data: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (n=4983) and the Millennium Cohort Study (n…
Maternal Linguistic Input and Child Language in a Cohort at Risk of Experiencing Social Adversity
Specific features of adult linguistic input may play a larger, or smaller role, at different child ages, across different language outcomes, in different cohorts. This prospective, longitudinal study explored associations between the quantity and quality (i.e. diversity and responsiveness) of maternal linguistic input and child language. This study was derived from an Australian population-based intervention trial. Participants were mother–child …
Neighbourhood Effects Influencing Early Childhood Development
Positive Mental Health and Academic Achievement in Elementary School
Previous research suggests that gains in positive mental health (often termed flourishing, wellbeing, or competence) is associated with stronger academic achievement. This study examines the relationship between positive mental health at school entry and academic achievement at Grade 3, drawing on a representative sample of Australian children with linkage to results of standardized academic testing. Propensity score analysis was used and small p…
The role of preschool in promoting children’s healthy development
Foster and kinship carer experiences of accessing healthcare
Understanding child disadvantage from a social determinants perspective
BACKGROUND: Child health and developmental inequities exist in all countries. Comprehensive and robust concepts of disadvantage are fundamental to growing an evidence base that can reveal the extent of inequities in childhood, and identify modifiable leverage points for change. We conceptualise and test a multidimensional framework of child disadvantage aligned to a social determinants and bioecological perspective. METHODS: The Longitudinal Stud…
Preschool attendance trends in Australia
Predictors of mental health competence in a population cohort of Australian children
BACKGROUND: The child mental health epidemiology literature focuses almost exclusively on reporting the prevalence and predictors of child mental disorders. However, there is growing recognition of positive mental health or mental health competence as an independent outcome that cannot be inferred from the absence of problems, and requires epidemiological investigation in its own right. METHODS: We developed a novel measure of child mental health…
Evidence-based Lead Indicators to Drive Equitable Early Years Services
Children living in adversity are disproportionately affected by inequities in early childhood health and education service delivery, leading to differential outcomes that track into adulthood. Previous research has demonstrated the inconsistency, lack of effectiveness, and harm that human services can cause across the social sector when service delivery is poor. A significant factor preventing equitable responses to performance challenges is the …
Potential of ‘stacking’ early childhood interventions to reduce inequities in learning outcomes
BACKGROUND: Early childhood interventions are critical for reducing child health and development inequities. While most research focuses on the efficacy of single interventions, combining multiple evidence-based strategies over the early years of a child's life may yield greater impact. This study examined the association between exposure to a combination of five evidence-based services from 0 to 5 years on children's reading at 8-9 years. METHOD…
Epidemiology of positive mental health in a national census of children at school entry
BACKGROUND: Until now, child mental health promotion efforts have focused primarily on reducing the prevalence and severity of problems; yet the absence of mental health problems does not necessarily imply the presence of healthy psychosocial functioning. We aimed to investigate the epidemiology of child mental health competence in a full national population of school entrants. METHODS: The data source was the 2012 Australian Early Development In…
Identifying Off-Diagonal Communities Using the Australian Early Development Census Results
The unknown citizen
Growing concern about the global burden of child mental health disorders has generated an increased interest in population-level efforts to improve child mental health. This in turn has led to a shift in emphasis away from treatment of established disorders and towards prevention and promotion. Prevention efforts are able to draw on a substantial epidemiological literature describing the prevalence and determinants of child mental health disorder…
Household income supplements in early childhood to reduce inequities in children's development
An urban neighbourhood framework for realising progress towards the New Urban Agenda for equitable early childhood development
Children consistently exposed to positive, stimulating environments, including their spatial neighbourhood, experience foundations for ongoing optimal development. Recognition of the neighbourhood as a mechanism to enhance wellbeing is reflected in the United Nation's New Urban Agenda. Through a series of innovations and advancements, this paper aims to describe a spatial indicators' framework, the Neighbourhood Early Childhood Development Framew…
Associations between ongoing Covid ‐19 lockdown and the financial and mental health experiences of Australian families
In 2020, Australia's successful COVID‐19 public health restrictions comprised a national “initial lockdown” (March–May) and “ongoing lockdown” (July–November) for metropolitan Victorian residents only. We evaluated associations between ongoing lockdown and family finances and mental health. In the June and September 2020 Royal Children's Hospital National Child Health Polls, caregivers of children in Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) reported th…
School starting age and child development in a state-wide, population-level cohort of children in their first year of school in New South Wales, Australia
In Australia's most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), children born between January and July have the choice to start school in the year they turn five, or delay entry until the year they turn six. We used linked administrative data for children who started school in NSW in 2009 or 2012 (N = 162,878) to identify child, family and area characteristics associated with delayed entry, and to explore the relationship between school starting age a…
Trends in preschool attendance in Australia following major policy reform
Family Foundations To promote parent mental health and family functioning during the Covid-19 pandemic in Australia
Evidence-based family-based interventions targeting parent mental health and partner conflict during community-wide crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic are scarce. Family Foundations (FF), a 10-week couple/parent-based intervention targeting parent mental health, conflict and co-parenting was delivered via video-conferencing during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to: (1) explore parents’ and clinicians’ experiences and perceived benefits…
Use of health services by preschool-aged children who are developmentally vulnerable and socioeconomically disadvantaged
AIM: The inverse care law suggests that those with the greatest need for services are least likely to receive them. Our aim of this study was to test the inverse care law in relation to the use of health services by children aged 4-5 years in Australia who were developmentally vulnerable and socioeconomically disadvantaged. METHOD: Cross-sectional data were collected from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children birth cohort when the childre…
Predictors of mental health competence in a population cohort of Australian children
BACKGROUND: The child mental health epidemiology literature focuses almost exclusively on reporting the prevalence and predictors of child mental disorders. However, there is growing recognition of positive mental health or mental health competence as an independent outcome that cannot be inferred from the absence of problems, and requires epidemiological investigation in its own right. METHODS: We developed a novel measure of child mental health…
The unknown citizen
Growing concern about the global burden of child mental health disorders has generated an increased interest in population-level efforts to improve child mental health. This in turn has led to a shift in emphasis away from treatment of established disorders and towards prevention and promotion. Prevention efforts are able to draw on a substantial epidemiological literature describing the prevalence and determinants of child mental health disorder…
Preschool attendance trends in Australia
The role of preschool in promoting children’s healthy development
Neighbourhood Effects Influencing Early Childhood Development
Can the Neighborhood Built Environment Make a Difference in Children's Development? Building the Research Agenda to Create Evidence for Place-Based Children's Policy
Epidemiology of positive mental health in a national census of children at school entry
BACKGROUND: Until now, child mental health promotion efforts have focused primarily on reducing the prevalence and severity of problems; yet the absence of mental health problems does not necessarily imply the presence of healthy psychosocial functioning. We aimed to investigate the epidemiology of child mental health competence in a full national population of school entrants. METHODS: The data source was the 2012 Australian Early Development In…
Identifying Off-Diagonal Communities Using the Australian Early Development Census Results
Associations between Maternal Behaviors at 1 Year and Child Language at 2 Years in a Cohort of Women Experiencing Adversity
Variations in parenting have been suggested as contributing to a higher prevalence of language difficulties in children experiencing economic, environmental, and social adversity. Within these cohorts, the contribution of responsive and intrusive parenting to child language has been investigated; s pecific responsive and intrusive behaviors encapsulated within these parenting styles have yet to be fully examined. Additionally, the role of the mot…
Understanding child disadvantage from a social determinants perspective
BACKGROUND: Child health and developmental inequities exist in all countries. Comprehensive and robust concepts of disadvantage are fundamental to growing an evidence base that can reveal the extent of inequities in childhood, and identify modifiable leverage points for change. We conceptualise and test a multidimensional framework of child disadvantage aligned to a social determinants and bioecological perspective. METHODS: The Longitudinal Stud…
Driving Precision Policy Responses to Child Health and Developmental Inequities
The growing evidence base on the extent of and opportunities to reduce inequities in children's health and development still lacks the specificity to inform clear policy decisions. A new phase of research is needed that builds on contemporary directions in precision medicine to develop precision policy making; with the aim to redress child inequities. This would include identifying effective interventions and their ideal time point(s), duration, …
Local Housing Characteristics Associated with Early Childhood Development Outcomes in Australian Disadvantaged Communities
Disadvantaged communities tend to have poorer early childhood development outcomes. Access to safe, secure, and stable housing is a well-known social determinant of health but there is a need to examine key features of neighbourhood housing that reduce early childhood development inequities. The 2012 Australian Early Development Census (AEDC), a population-wide measure of early childhood development, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics Socio-…
Does Place Matter? An International Comparison of Early Childhood Development Outcomes between the Metropolitan Areas of Melbourne, Australia and Montreal, Canada
There is strong consensus about the importance of early childhood development (ECD) for improving population health and closing the health inequity gap. Environmental features and public policies across sectors and jurisdictions are known to influence ECD. International comparisons provide valuable opportunities to better understand the impact of these ecological determinants on ECD. This study compared ECD outcomes between metropolitan Melbourne…
The Impact of Policy Modifiable Factors on Inequalities in Rates of Child Dental Caries in Australia
Background : Poor oral health in childhood can lead to adverse impacts later in life. We aimed to estimate the prevalence and population distribution of childhood dental caries in Australia and investigate factors that might ameliorate inequalities. Methods : Data from the nationally representative birth cohort Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (N = 5107), using questions assessing: The experience of dental caries during each biennial fol…
School starting age and child development in a state-wide, population-level cohort of children in their first year of school in New South Wales, Australia
In Australia's most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), children born between January and July have the choice to start school in the year they turn five, or delay entry until the year they turn six. We used linked administrative data for children who started school in NSW in 2009 or 2012 (N = 162,878) to identify child, family and area characteristics associated with delayed entry, and to explore the relationship between school starting age a…
Trends in preschool attendance in Australia following major policy reform
Potential of ‘stacking’ early childhood interventions to reduce inequities in learning outcomes
BACKGROUND: Early childhood interventions are critical for reducing child health and development inequities. While most research focuses on the efficacy of single interventions, combining multiple evidence-based strategies over the early years of a child's life may yield greater impact. This study examined the association between exposure to a combination of five evidence-based services from 0 to 5 years on children's reading at 8-9 years. METHOD…
Positive Mental Health and Academic Achievement in Elementary School
Previous research suggests that gains in positive mental health (often termed flourishing, wellbeing, or competence) is associated with stronger academic achievement. This study examines the relationship between positive mental health at school entry and academic achievement at Grade 3, drawing on a representative sample of Australian children with linkage to results of standardized academic testing. Propensity score analysis was used and small p…
Foster and kinship carer experiences of accessing healthcare
Use of health services by preschool-aged children who are developmentally vulnerable and socioeconomically disadvantaged
AIM: The inverse care law suggests that those with the greatest need for services are least likely to receive them. Our aim of this study was to test the inverse care law in relation to the use of health services by children aged 4-5 years in Australia who were developmentally vulnerable and socioeconomically disadvantaged. METHOD: Cross-sectional data were collected from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children birth cohort when the childre…
Maternal Linguistic Input and Child Language in a Cohort at Risk of Experiencing Social Adversity
Specific features of adult linguistic input may play a larger, or smaller role, at different child ages, across different language outcomes, in different cohorts. This prospective, longitudinal study explored associations between the quantity and quality (i.e. diversity and responsiveness) of maternal linguistic input and child language. This study was derived from an Australian population-based intervention trial. Participants were mother–child …
Enhancing Value and Uptake for Whole-Population Cohorts of Children and Parents
Health registries are critical to understanding, benchmarking and improving quality of care for specific diseases and conditions, but face hurdles including funding, bias towards clinical rather than population samples, lack of pre-morbid and outcomes data, and absent cross-registry harmonisation and coordination. Children are particularly under-represented in registry research. This paper lays out novel principles, methods and governance to inte…
Childhood vaccination coverage in Australia
Despite overall high coverage of MMR1 vaccination, coverage inequalities increased especially for children of mothers born overseas. Strategic immunisation plans and policy interventions are important for equitable vaccination levels. Future policy should target children of mothers born overseas and Aboriginal children
Family Foundations To promote parent mental health and family functioning during the Covid-19 pandemic in Australia
Evidence-based family-based interventions targeting parent mental health and partner conflict during community-wide crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic are scarce. Family Foundations (FF), a 10-week couple/parent-based intervention targeting parent mental health, conflict and co-parenting was delivered via video-conferencing during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to: (1) explore parents’ and clinicians’ experiences and perceived benefits…
Preschool attendance and developmental outcomes at age five in Indigenous and non-Indigenous children
Background Policies to increase Australian Indigenous children’s participation in preschool aim to reduce developmental inequities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children. This study aims to understand the benefits of preschool participation by quantifying the association between preschool participation in the year before school and developmental outcomes at age five in Indigenous and non-Indigenous children. Methods We used data from peri…
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