Research on the consequences of breakfast skipping among students tends to focus on academic outcomes, rather than student wellbeing or engagement at school. This study investigated the association between breakfast skipping and cognitive and emotional aspects of school engagement. ...

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• 2021
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Who is doing this research? Contact Investigators Dr Martyn Symons - Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia ...

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Relative risks of developmental vulnerability for each week of gestation were calculated with adjustment for confounders and addressing missing information. ...

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• 2015
• March 2015

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is responsible for a significant burden of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, and remains the most common cause of acquired heart disease among children and young adults in low-income and middle-income countries. Additionally, the global COVID-19 pandemic has forced the emergency restructuring of many health systems, which has had a broad impact on health in general, including cardiovascular disease. ...

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• 2023
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The program was associated with a substantial decline in rotavirus attributable non-admitted AGE presentations to ED among children aged <5 years. ...

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• 2015
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This study aimed to map the national, regional and local prevalence of hypertension and diabetes in Ethiopia. ...

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• 2022
• December 2022

Australia is the only developed country to consistently undertake a developmental census of its children nationwide. The repeated collection of the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) has provided an unprecedented opportunity to examine the prevalence of developmental vulnerability across Australia's states and territories, the socio-economic distribution of developmental vulnerability across jurisdictions, and how these distributions might have changed over time. ...

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• 2020
• November 2020

The Telethon Kids Institute is one of the nation's leading medical research organisations with impressive facilities in Subiaco, Western Australia. ...

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Christopher Blyth CC MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD Director, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases; Co-Head, Infectious Diseases ...

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Indigenous peoples in high income countries are disproportionately affected by Type 2 Diabetes. Socioeconomic disadvantages and inadequate access to appropriate healthcare are important contributors. ...

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• 2022
• November 2022