Publications authored by

Jacinta Francis

Program 2: Places

Children
Playgroup

Working Paper

Barriers and enablers of providing high quality, accessible, affordable and sustainable community playgroup venues: A qualitative study of stakeholder perspectives

Emily Villa
Gina Arena
Hayley E Christian
Jacinta Francis

Published: 29 Oct 2026

Program 2: Places

Built Environment
Children
Wellbeing

Working Paper

Amplifying Children’s Voices: A qualitative exploration of associations between the built environment and social and emotional wellbeing in children living in hardship in urban growth areas

Gina Arena
Hayley Christian
Jacinta Francis
Jasper Schipperijn
Karen Villanueva
Kiralee Paine
Sally Brinkman

Published: 15 Jul 2026

Program 1: People

Children
Health

Working Paper

Caregivers and stakeholders' priorities for research on young children’s physical activity, health and development

Gina Arena
Hayley E Christian
Jacinta Francis
Maryam Sajjad
Mingxuan Zhao

Published: 14 Jul 2026

Program 2: Places

Children
Development
Neighbourhoods
Policy

Working Paper

Home and neighbourhood built environment latent class profiles and young children’s developmental vulnerability: Findings from the Australian Early Development Census

Bryan Boruff
Emma Kate Adams
Hayley E Christian
Jacinta Francis
Jasper Schipperijn
Karen Villanueva
Mingxuan Zhao
Sally Brinkman

Published: 2025

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