Abhigale D'Cruz

PhD Research Scholar @DeakinIPAN| investigating Physical Activity, Sleep and Self-regulation in Toddlers|Views are my own|

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Good news! My work has received over 2,000 views since publication! Read it here https://t.co/ZM8oVMxcNP #ViewsMilestone

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We’re excited to share that @KylieHesketh has received an @nhmrc #MRFF grant focusing on nutrition and movement behaviour for toddlers. The project builds on her successful Let’s Grow family intervention.
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💭 Sleep interventions targeting sleep duration and sleep behaviours may promote the development of ESR in toddlers.

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🚨 My second paper from my PhD. Is officially published and available open access @BMC Public Health

We explored the association between toddler’s physical activity, sleep, and emotional self-regulation(ESR).

A 🧵 of our findings:

https://t.co/1t84IZIjnx

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3️⃣ Higher sleep duration was associated with better ESR

4️⃣ Fewer problem sleep behaviours was associated with better ESR

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1️⃣ Accelerometer derive TPA, MVPA and parent reported TPA was not associated with ESR

2️⃣ Parent reported MVPA was associated with poor ESR

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The Curtin Healthy Digital Child team is offering 4 PhD scholarships in 2024 to conduct research in the area of young children, digital technology use and health. Funded by @digitalchildau.

EOI closes 29 Feb 2024!

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We recommend

💡More longitudinal research and RCT’s is warranted as conclusions are limited by the mostly cross-sectional evidence.

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🚨 My First Primary Author paper and our systematic review is officially published and available open access.
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We investigated the associations between Physical Activity and Self-Regulation in Early Childhood 📄

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More findings 🔍

3️⃣ The direction of the association was mostly consistent when SR was the outcome, but unclear when it was a predictor.

4️⃣ The associations may be sensitive to time spent in physical activity and child sex.

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Our findings 🔍

1️⃣ PA may have a positive association with the different domains of SR, albeit the results are far from conclusive.

2️⃣PA was more consistently associated with the behaviour domains compared to the emotional and cognitive domains

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...#PhysicalActivity #SedentaryBehaviour &/or #Sleep
➡️Influence of movement behaviours on human #health #growth & development
➡️overall population & population sub-groups👨‍👧‍👦🧕🏾👨‍🦼, clinical🏥& non-clinical, and throughout the life-course👶👰‍♀️👴

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Parents of toddlers (18-24 months) - help us understand if toddlers play and sleep are associated with their reactions and feelings.
Join the Thinking Tots study here: https://t.co/M5SEAk60SO

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We're inviting parents of toddlers (24-36 months) to be part of our Thinking Tots study, aiming to understand if a toddlers active play and sleep are associated to their reactions and feelings. Join the study here: https://t.co/ITHz1CPpoU

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📣 EPOCH-Connect August Meeting 📣
Tues 22nd August 1-2pm AEDT via Zoom!
Facilitated by the wonderful @kkuswara

If you’re not already a member, email us at [email protected] and we can send you the Zoom link!

We can’t wait to see you there! 😁

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