{"id":2570,"date":"2018-06-25T09:46:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-24T23:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/?p=2570"},"modified":"2019-07-18T16:29:43","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T06:29:43","slug":"rch-national-child-health-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/2018\/06\/25\/rch-national-child-health-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"RCH National Child Health Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rchpoll.org.au\/\">RCH National Child Health Poll<\/a> is a quarterly, national survey of Australian households shedding new light on the big issues in contemporary child and adolescent health as told by Australian parents. The most recent survey for 2018 focused on understanding parent\u2019s knowledge, attitudes and experiences related to bullying and their child.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/files\/2018\/06\/rch-poll-infographic.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2571 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/files\/2018\/06\/rch-poll-infographic-277x277.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/files\/2018\/06\/rch-poll-infographic-277x277.png 277w, https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/files\/2018\/06\/rch-poll-infographic-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/files\/2018\/06\/rch-poll-infographic-416x416.png 416w, https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/files\/2018\/06\/rch-poll-infographic.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a>This year\u2019s findings highlight:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 in 5 parents had a child experience bullying in the last school term.<\/li>\n<li>1 in 4 parents feeling powerless in helping their child address the problem.<\/li>\n<li>Over half of parents can\u2019t tell if their child was being cyberbullied.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This demonstrated the need to ensure that parents have a good understanding of what bullying is and the serious effects it has upon their children\u2019s and adolescent\u2019s health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>The poll\u2019s findings showed that verbal bullying continues to be the most common form of bullying at 78%, followed closely by social bullying (56%), physical bullying (49%) and online\/ cyberbullying (30%). In terms of adolescents and their parent\u2019s discussions around bullying, 44% tell their parents if they\u2019re being bullied and 43% report any witnessed incidents which occurred mainly at school or via social media.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the role that parents play in aiding the prevention of bullying and supporting their children is vital in order to maintain healthy social relationships and interactions with their peers.<\/p>\n<p>Interested to find out more? You can read the report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rchpoll.org.au\/polls\/childhood-bullying-how-are-parents-coping\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal bullying<\/strong> &#8211; such as name calling, teasing, insults and intimidation<br \/>\n<strong>Physical bullying<\/strong> &#8211; such as hitting, kicking, tripping<br \/>\n<strong>Social bullying<\/strong> &#8211; such as lying and spreading rumours, purposeful exclusion<br \/>\n<strong>Online or cyberbullying<\/strong> &#8211; such as sharing or sending abusive or hurtful texts or images, imitating other online or deliberate exclusion online<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/files\/2018\/06\/GP2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2577 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/files\/2018\/06\/GP2-150x104.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"104\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2572 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/files\/2018\/06\/picture-2287-1452809119-150x104.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"104\" \/>The Centre\u2019s Professor George Patton and Dr Lisa Mundy are proud to have contributed to the National Child Health Poll. Both were involved with the initial planning, designing of the questionnaire, interpretation of the results and commenting on the final report. At the Centre for Adolescent Health we collect data on this important issue in a number of our studies in order to understand what might be the modifiable risks and what is protective for young people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CAH bullying publications\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bayer JK, Mundy L, Stokes I, Hearps S, Allen N, Patton G. Bullying, mental health and friendship in Australian primary school children. <em>Child and Adolescent Mental Health<\/em> 2018<\/li>\n<li>Hemphill S, Kotevski A, Heerde J. Longitudinal associations between cyber-bullying perpetration and victimization and problem behavior and mental health problems in young Australians. <em>Int J Public Health<\/em> 2015; <strong>60<\/strong>(2): 227-37.<\/li>\n<li>Hemphill SA, Tollit M, Kotevski A, Heerde JA. Predictors of Traditional and Cyber-Bullying Victimization: A Longitudinal Study of Australian Secondary School Students. <em>J Interpers Violence<\/em> 2015; <strong>30<\/strong>(15): 2567-90.<\/li>\n<li>Hemphill SA, Heerde JA. Adolescent predictors of young adult cyberbullying perpetration and victimization among Australian youth. <em>Journal of Adolescent Health<\/em> 2014; <strong>55<\/strong>(4): 580-7<\/li>\n<li>Hemphill SA, Tollit M, Herrenkohl TI. Protective factors against the impact of school bullying perpetration and victimisation on young adult internalising and externalising problems. <em>Journal of School Violence<\/em> 2014; <strong>13<\/strong>(1): 125-45.<\/li>\n<li>Vassallo S, Edwards B, Renda J, Olsson CA. Bullying in early adolescence and anti-social behavior and depression six years later: What are the protective factors? <em>Journal of School Violence<\/em> 2014; <strong>13<\/strong>(1): 100-24.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest RCH National Child Health Poll focused on understanding parent\u2019s knowledge, attitudes and experiences related to bullying and their child\/adolescent. 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