Ahmed, Ali
Uddin, Riaz
Ross, Allen G.
Edmed, Shannon
Anyasodor, Anayochukwu E.
Thapa, Subash
Ahmed, Kedir Y.
Keniry, Catherine
Astawesegn, Feleke H.
Shakeel, Mahmood
Smith, Simon S.
Huda, M. Mamun
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Commonwealth Government of Australia (4-DGEJZ1O/4-CW7UT14)
Article History
Received: 5 August 2025
Accepted: 1 January 2026
First Online: 4 February 2026
Declarations
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: Ethics for LSAC was approved by the AIFS Ethics Committee, which is a Human Research Ethics Committee registered with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) [ ]. Participants including home-based and centre-based carers, teachers and children (where applicable) provided informed consent prior completing the survey. Details of the recruitment and consent procedures can be found elsewhere [ , ]. This study received approval to use LSAC data from the Australian Government DSS . In addition, institutional ethics approval was received from the Charles Sturt University Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.