Curtin University, the Channel 7 Telethon Trust and the Telethon Kids Institute have proudly announced The Kerry M Stokes Chair of Child Health, to establish a world-class research program for the benefit of children and the adults they will become. ...

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A study by Telethon Kids has found children with a parent who has gone to prison are significantly more likely to have poor development outcomes. ...

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Discover. Prevent. Cure. Telethon Kids Institute position on schools and COVID-19 in Western Australia About Telethon Kids Institute Latest COVID ...

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Early onset Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), including obesity, allergies, and mental ill-health in childhood, present a serious and increasing threat to lifelong health and longevity. The ORIGINS Project (ORIGINS) addresses the urgent need for multidisciplinary efforts to understand the detrimental multisystem impacts of modern environments using well-curated large-scale longitudinal biological sample collections. ...

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• 2023
• July 2023

Individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) often have excessive daytime sleepiness and emotional/behavioral disturbances. The objective of this study was to examine whether daytime sleepiness was associated with these emotional/behavioral problems, independent of nighttime sleep-disordered breathing, or the duration of sleep. ...

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• 2022
• March 2022

Children with intellectual disabilities are more likely to experience sleep disorders of insomnia, excessive daytime sleepiness and sleep breathing disorders than typically developing children. The present study examined risk factors for these sleep disorders in 447 children (aged 5-18 years), diagnosed with an intellectual disability and comorbid autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome or Rett syndrome. Primary caregivers reported on their child's sleep using the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC), as well as medical comorbidities and functional abilities. ...

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• 2021
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PPV is immunogenic in 9-month-old children at high risk of pneumococcal infections and does not affect the capacity to produce protective immune responses ...

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• 2019
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We evaluated family satisfaction following spinal fusion in girls with Rett syndrome ...

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• 2016
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