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Overview

Sharon Goldfeld is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and engages primarily in interdisciplinary research that spans social sciences, medicine, and psychology. The scientist's work centers on topics within child and adolescent health, early childhood education and development, and child abuse and trauma. Additional research interests include health disparities and outcomes, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, as well as birth, development, and health.

Goldfeld's research contributions have been published extensively in a variety of academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include The Medical Journal of Australia, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Academic Pediatrics, PEDIATRICS, and PLoS ONE. The scientist has a substantial number of publications in these venues, with 14 papers in The Medical Journal of Australia and multiple papers in the others.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Sharon Goldfeld include:

  • Potential indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children: a narrative review using a community child health lens, 2022, The Medical Journal of Australia
  • Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences in Children: A Systematic Review, 2022, PEDIATRICS
  • Australia in 2030: what is our path to health for all?, 2021, The Medical Journal of Australia
  • Measuring Positive Childhood Experiences: Testing the Structural and Predictive Validity of the Health Outcomes From Positive Experiences (HOPE) Framework, 2021, Academic Pediatrics
  • Systematic review: Effects of sustained nurse home visiting programs for disadvantaged mothers and children, 2020, Journal of Advanced Nursing

Throughout their career, Goldfeld has collaborated extensively with a group of frequent co-authors. These include Anna Price, Meredith O'Connor, Fiona Mensah, Susan Woolfenden, and Harriet Hiscock. Each partner has contributed to multiple publications, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

The scientist's disciplinary focus can be viewed through their subfield engagements that include general health professions, clinical psychology, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, education, and health. These subfields highlight the breadth of expertise applied across various topics of child development, health outcomes, and education.

Best Publications

  • Specific language impairment: a convenient label for whom?

    Sheena Reilly;Sheena Reilly;Bruce Tomblin;James Law;James Law;Cristina McKean;Cristina McKean

  • Developing indicators of public open space to promote health and wellbeing in communities

    Karen Villanueva;Karen Villanueva;Hannah Badland;Paula Hooper;Mohammad Javad Koohsari;Mohammad Javad Koohsari

  • Outcomes of population based language promotion for slow to talk toddlers at ages 2 and 3 years: Let’s Learn Language cluster randomised controlled trial

    Melissa Wake;Sherryn Tobin;Luigi Girolametto;Obioha C Ukoumunne

  • Data Resource Profile: The Australian Early Development Index (AEDI)

    Sally A Brinkman;Tess A Gregory;Sharon Goldfeld;John W Lynch

  • Investigating the Validity of the Australian Early Development Index

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

  • Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences in Children: A Systematic Review.

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  • 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

    Karen Villanueva;Hannah Badland;Amanda Kvalsvig;Meredith O'Connor

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

    SR Goldfeld;M Wright;F Oberklaid

  • Nurse Home Visiting for Families Experiencing Adversity: A Randomized Trial.

    Sharon Goldfeld;Sharon Goldfeld;Anna Price;Anna Price;Charlene Smith;Tracey Bruce

  • Language and reading instruction in early years’ classrooms: the knowledge and self-rated ability of Australian teachers

    Hannah L. Stark;Pamela C. Snow;Patricia Ann Eadie;Sharon R. Goldfeld;Sharon R. Goldfeld

  • Jurisdictional, socioeconomic and gender inequalities in child health and development: analysis of a national census of 5-year-olds in Australia

    Sally A. Brinkman;Angela Gialamas;Azizur Rahman;Murthy N. Mittinty

  • A picture of Australia's children.

    George C Patton;Sharon R Goldfeld;Indrani Pieris-Caldwell;Meredith Bryant

  • Nut allergy prevalence and differences between Asian-born children and Australian-born children of Asian descent: a state-wide survey of children at primary school entry in Victoria, Australia.

    Mary Panjari;Jennifer J. Koplin;Shyamali C. Dharmage;Rachel L. Peters

  • Prevalence and correlates of special health care needs in a population cohort of australian children at school entry

    Sharon Goldfeld;Sharon Goldfeld;Meredith O'Connor;Mary Sayers;Mary Sayers;Tim Moore

  • The role of preschool in promoting children's healthy development: Evidence from an Australian population cohort

    Sharon Goldfeld;Sharon Goldfeld;Elodie O'Connor;Meredith O'Connor;Meredith O'Connor;Mary Sayers

  • Neighbourhood Effects Influencing Early Childhood Development: Conceptual Model and Trial Measurement Methodologies from the Kids in Communities Study

    Sharon Goldfeld;Sharon Goldfeld;Geoffrey Woolcock;Ilan Katz;Robert Tanton

  • The Process and Policy Challenges of Adapting and Implementing the Early Development Instrument in Australia

    Sharon Goldfeld;Mary Sayers;Sally Brinkman;Sven Silburn

  • Positive Mental Health and Academic Achievement in Elementary School: New Evidence From a Matching Analysis:

    Meredith O’Connor;Dan Cloney;Amanda Kvalsvig;Sharon Goldfeld

  • Inequity in child health: The importance of early childhood development

    Susan Woolfenden;Sharon Goldfeld;Shanti Raman;Valsa Eapen

  • Understanding child disadvantage from a social determinants perspective

    Sharon Goldfeld;Meredith O'Connor;Dan Cloney;Sarah Gray

  • Decreasing trends in overweight and obesity among an Australian population of preschool children.

    M S Nichols;AM de Silva-Sanigorski;AM de Silva-Sanigorski;J E Cleary;S R Goldfeld

  • A snapshot of early childhood development in Australia – AEDI national report 2009

    Sally Brinkman;Sharon Goldfeld;Samantha Harley;Megan Harper

Frequent Co-Authors

Fiona Mensah
Fiona Mensah University of Melbourne
Sheena Reilly
Sheena Reilly Griffith University
Lynn Kemp
Lynn Kemp University of Sydney
Frank Oberklaid
Frank Oberklaid Royal Children's Hospital
Katrina Williams
Katrina Williams University of Melbourne
Hannah Badland
Hannah Badland RMIT University
James Law
James Law Newcastle University
Craig A. Olsson
Craig A. Olsson Deakin University
Pamela Claire Snow
Pamela Claire Snow La Trobe University
Naomi Priest
Naomi Priest Australian National University

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