Habgood, Emily
Gandhi, Sarthak
Smith, Rachel
Hearps, Stephen
Hiscock, Harriet
Oberklaid, Frank
Raniti, Monika
Darling, Simone https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0213-1309
Funding for this research was provided by:
State Government of Victoria (#GA-F4553660-4902)
Article History
Received: 8 April 2024
Accepted: 29 September 2024
First Online: 24 October 2024
Declarations
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: Decode has been developed by Matterworks, in partnership with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI). Profits from the sales of the Decode program will be reinvested into the research being conducted at MCRI. Data collection, analysis and interpretation were conducted by independent researchers (qualitative: EH and SG) and an independent statistician (quantitative: SH) who have not been involved in the development of the program and do not have any potential or perceived conflicts of interest. SD is the Research Director for Matterworks and HH is the Chief Health Officer for Matterworks, and declare receiving consulting fees from Matterworks for work not related to the conduct of this study or preparation of this manuscript, however acknowledge a potential professional conflict of interest. The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, SD, upon reasonable request and subject to ethics approval.
: Ethics approval for the study was granted by the Royal Children’s Hospital Human Research Ethics Committee (#94806), the Victorian Department of Education Research in Schools Ethics Committee (#23–05-024) and Research in Catholic Schools (#1310). Informed parental consent was obtained via a written or online participation information and consent form.