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Brain Health Heroes
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Brain Health Heroes
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Supporting knowledge and positive attitudes towards healthy ageing in pre-school and primary aged children.
What this project involves
This project focuses on developing, trialing, and evaluating an educational program to increase preschool-aged children’s brain health literacy.
Study 4
Building on the findings from studies 1 to 3, a pilot brain health education program has been developed and will be further refined through co-design with parents and educators in mid to late 2026 before being evaluated in Early Learning settings in early 2027.
Participate in Study 4!
If you are a parent of a preschool-aged child or an Early Learning Centre Director, click below.
Published research
Study 1
This study utilised a survey to explore preschool parents’ acceptance of brain health education. It focused on understanding parents’ preferred delivery setting, modality, perceived barriers and faciliators.
Study 2
This study interviewed preschool and primary school parents to understand their current knowledge of dementia and opinions on educating their children about brain health from a young age.
Study 3
This study focused on the co-design of an arts-based educational preschool program with parents and educators.
Participate in Study 4!
If you are a parent of a preschool-aged child or an Early Learning Centre Director, click below.
What results can you expect from the program?
We expect to understand the preferences, barriers, and facilitators to dementia literacy and education amongst parents and pre-schoolers and add to the knowledge on specific features that determine an acceptable brain health program for pre-schoolers.
We also expect to evaluate how these brain health programs may work in practice and provide foundational knowledge and feedback to develop a prototype brain health program targeting dementia literacy and brain health education amongst children.
Who is eligible to enrol?
Our Brain Health Heroes project has been designed for:
Educators
Parents
Children aged 3-5
What's the process?
Hit Enrol Now below.
Choose the study you would like to enrol in.
Select Parent in the enrolment form if you are a parent who is interested in:
- participating in this project; and
- learning more about educating your children on how to be brain healthy.
Select Educator in the enrolment form if you are an educator who is:
- involved in Early Learning Center (ELC) settings; and
- interested in being involved in the brain health educational workshops.
One of our friendly researchers will be in contact with you to discuss the next steps in your participation along with guidance on how to get the most out of the study.
Once the study is complete, you will have gained powerful insights into what makes brains healthy and how you can better prepare your young ones to live and age well.
For more information, view our
Participant Information and Consent forms.