Early childhood education: can kindergarten reduce the risk of adult metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease?

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/511344

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

This study aims to examine the pre-school early learning environment and its impact on adult cardiovascular health outcomes and consequently health system costs. If it is found that adult metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular health outcomes can improve with attendance at kindergarten, it may be possible to encourage kindergarten attendance for all children to systematically alter the developmental trajectory of children and as such improve the cardiovascular health of the entire population.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2010

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarships

Funding Amount: $100,381.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Preventive Medicine

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

early brain development | epidemiology | prevention | public health | social determinants of health

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