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Frank Oberklaid is affiliated with the Royal Children's Hospital in Australia and conducts research primarily in the fields of Psychology and Health Professions. Their work spans a variety of subfields, including Clinical Psychology, Education, General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Speech and Hearing.

Their research topics cover areas such as Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Early Childhood Education and Development, Child and Adolescent Health, Infant Development and Preterm Care, Family and Disability Support Research, Community Health and Development, and School Health and Nursing Education.

Frank Oberklaid has contributed to several recent academic papers, including:

  • Mental health and wellbeing coordinators in primary schools to support student mental health: protocol for a quasi-experimental cluster study (2021) published in BMC Public Health
  • Optimising child and adolescent health and development through an integrated ecological life course approach (2021) published in BMJ
  • Role of Pediatricians, Pediatric Associations, and Academic Departments in Ensuring Optimal Early Childhood Development Globally: Position Paper of the International Pediatric Association (2022) published in Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
  • Barriers and enablers faced by regional and rural schools in supporting student mental health: A mixed-methods systematic review (2021) published in Australian Journal of Rural Health
  • Supporting children's mental health in primary schools: a qualitative exploration of educator perspectives (2022) published in The Australian Educational Researcher

Their frequent co-authors include Simone Darling, Georgia Dawson, Rachel Smith, Jon Quach, and Harriet Hiscock.

Frank Oberklaid has published repeatedly in venues such as The Australian Educational Researcher, Mental Health & Prevention, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Archives of Disease in Childhood, and BMC Public Health.

Best Publications

  • Fathers' involvement and children's developmental outcomes: a systematic review of longitudinal studies

    Anna Sarkadi;Robert Kristiansson;Frank Oberklaid;Sven Bremberg

  • Does shy-inhibited temperament in childhood lead to anxiety problems in adolescence?

    Margot Prior;Diana Smart;Ann Sanson;Frank Oberklaid

  • Prevalence, stability, and outcomes of cry-fuss and sleep problems in the first 2 years of life: prospective community-based study.

    Melissa Wake;Melissa Wake;Elise Morton-Allen;Zeffie Poulakis;Harriet Hiscock;Harriet Hiscock

  • Risk Indicators: Assessment of Infancy Predictors of Pre-School Behavioural Maladjustment

    Ann Sanson;Frank Oberklaid;Robert Pedlow;Margot Prior

  • Impact of a behavioural sleep intervention on symptoms and sleep in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and parental mental health: randomised controlled trial

    Harriet Hiscock;Harriet Hiscock;Emma Sciberras;Fiona Mensah;Bibi Gerner;Bibi Gerner

  • The structure of infant temperament: Factor analysis of the revised infant temperament questionnaire☆

    Ann Sanson;Margot Prior;Elio Garino;Frank Oberklaid

  • Precursors of Hyperactivity and Aggression

    Ann Sanson;Diana Smart;Margot Prior;Frank Oberklaid

  • Stability of Maternally Reported Temperament From Infancy to 8 Years

    Robert Pedlow;Ann Sanson;Margot Prior;Frank Oberklaid

  • The Australian temperament project.

    Margot R. Prior;Ann V. Sanson;Frank Oberklaid

  • Sex Differences in Psychological Adjustment from Infancy to 8 Years

    Margot Prior;Diana Smart;Ann Sanson;Frank Oberklaid

  • Randomised trial of laxatives in treatment of childhood encopresis.

    T. Nolan;C. Coffey;G. Debelle;F. Oberklaid

  • Investigating the Validity of the Australian Early Development Index

    Sally A. Brinkman;Sven Silburn;David Lawrence;Sharon Goldfeld

  • Shyness Ratings: Stability and Correlates in Early Childhood

    A. Sanson;R. Pedlow;W. Cann;M. Prior

  • Brief Approaches to Educating Patients and Parents in Primary Care

    Frances Page Glascoe;Frank Oberklaid;Paul H. Dworkin;Franklin Trimm

  • Children's health and development: approaches to early identification and intervention

    Frank Oberklaid;Gillian Baird;Mitch Blair;Edward Melhuish;Edward Melhuish

  • Parents, infants and health care: Utilization of health services in the first 12 months of life

    SR Goldfeld;M Wright;F Oberklaid

  • A longitudinal study of the role of childhood temperament in the later development of eating concerns.

    Geoffrey C. Martin;Eleanor H. Wertheim;Margot Prior;Diana Smart

  • Relationships between learning difficulties and psychological problems in preadolescent children from a longitudinal sample.

    Margot Prior;Diana Smart;Ann Sanson;Frank Oberklaid

  • Longitudinal predictors of behavioural adjustment in pre‐adolescent children

    Margot Prior;Diana Smart;Ann Sanson;Frank Oberklaid

  • Pathways from Infancy to Adolescence: Australian Temperament Project 1983-2000: (567532013-001)

    Margot Prior;Ann Sanson;Diana Smart;Frank Oberklaid

Frequent Co-Authors

Margot Prior
Margot Prior University of Melbourne
Ann Sanson
Ann Sanson University of Melbourne
Fiona Mensah
Fiona Mensah University of Melbourne
Emma Sciberras
Emma Sciberras Deakin University
John W. Toumbourou
John W. Toumbourou Deakin University
David Lawrence
David Lawrence University of Western Australia
Michael Kyrios
Michael Kyrios Flinders University
Edward Melhuish
Edward Melhuish University of Oxford
Jordana K. Bayer
Jordana K. Bayer La Trobe University
Jane Squires
Jane Squires University of Oregon

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