Few studies have evaluated the effect of maternal influenza vaccination on the development of allergic and autoimmune diseases in children beyond 6 months of age. We aimed to investigate the association between in utero exposure to seasonal inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) and subsequent diagnosis of allergic and autoimmune diseases. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• April 2022

A balanced approach toward sun exposure and protection is needed by young people. Excessive sun exposure increases their risk for skin cancers such as melanoma, whereas some exposure is necessary for vitamin D and healthy bones. We have developed a new iOS smartphone app-Sun Safe-through a co-design process, which aims to support healthy and balanced decision-making by young teenagers (aged 12-13 years). ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• January 2022

Mainstream Australian mental health services are failing Aboriginal young people. Despite investing resources, improvements in well-being have not materialised. Culturally and age appropriate ways of working are needed to improve service access and responsiveness. This Aboriginal-led study brings Aboriginal Elders, young people and youth mental health service staff together to build relationships to co-design service models and evaluation tools. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• May 2021

Understanding informant discrepancies and their meaning is pivotal to designing surveys that generate robust insights into the health of sexual-minority adolescents ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• January 2020

Agreement between the DDD and vial-based measures of use supports the use of DDD for select antibiotics that may be targeted by antimicrobial stewardship programs ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• July 2019

Restricted antimicrobials acquired after-hours are not routinely antimicrobial stewardship adherent at the time of acquisition or the next standard working day ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• April 2019

Visual motor integration and handwriting skills were often impaired in this population of young people in a youth detention centre ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• December 2018

Parents interpreted pivotal vaccine-related events in the community as requiring them to take personal responsibility for vaccine decisions ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• October 2018

New initiatives to develop a standard reference method and the assignment of "true" values to samples provide a solution to these problems. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• September 2017

We aimed to describe school absence and its relationship with school performance for children with and without orofacial clefts. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• July 2017