Combining elevated CRP with the presence or absence of clinical signs/ symptoms differentiates definite bacterial from presumed viral pneumonia better than CRP alone ...

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• 2019
• April 2019

Graham Shannon Stephen Hall Simpson Stick GL SS SM BAppSci PhD CRFS FANZSRS FThorSoc FERS BMedSci (hons), PhD MB BChir PhD MRCP FRACP Honorary ...

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This study aimed to explore relationships between family quality of life, day occupations and activities of daily living of young persons with Down syndrome. ...

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• 2014
• January 2014

The aim of this study was to devise an evidence-based missing data rule for the Quality of Life Inventory-Disability (QI-Disability) questionnaire specifying how many missing items are permissible for domain and total scores to be calculated using simple imputation. ...

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• 2022
• August 2022

This paper examines whether a Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy affects the child's lung function predisposition towards lung disease such as asthma. ...

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• 2014
• May 2014

The Early Neurodevelopment and Mental Health team is focused on preventing childhood mental illness and optimising children’s development and wellbeing in the first years of their life. We are interested in understanding and identifying the factors that contribute to difficulties in mental health and development, as well as developing cost-effective prevention and early intervention approaches for addressing developmental needs and promoting resilience. ...

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A screening tool to help midwives and other health professionals contribute to the prevention of FASD is changing maternity practice across WA public hospitals. ...

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• 2019
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Receiving vaccines at or close to their due date (vaccination timeliness) is a now key measure of program performance. However, studies comprehensively examining predictors of delayed infant vaccination are lacking. We aimed to identify predictors of short and longer-term delays in diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccination by dose number and ethnicity. ...

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• 2020
• August 2020

Influenza infection in young children has a significant impact on medication use, absenteeism and the use of health care service ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• January 2019

This WA data linkage study aims to assess whether maternal mental health problems are associated with worse child development outcomes, children’s safety and... ...

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• 2015
• July 2015