Clinicians caring for children and young people with hearing problems should be alert for heightened risk of specific mental health problems based on age and the nature of hearing problems. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• May 2017

Every year 650,000 Australian children suffer from recurrent or chronic middle ear infections called otitis media (OM). ...

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• 2021
• March

A 'Black Out Rage Gallon' (borg) is a customised, individual alcoholic beverage popularised on TikTok, whereby half the water in a gallon jug is replaced with alcohol (usually spirits), flavourings, electrolytes and caffeine. We investigated the characteristics and portrayal of the emerging alcohol trend associated with the hashtag descriptor #borg on TikTok. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2024
• May 2024

School-based social risk processes in the lives of young people with chronic health conditions are likely to contribute to risk of psychological problems ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• June 2020

This paper presents the first causal estimates of the effect of weather on children's time allocation. It exploits exogenous variations in local weather observed during the random diary dates of two nationally representative cohorts of Australian children whose time-use diaries were surveyed biennially over 10 years. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• April 2021

Pneumonia is a leading cause of childhood mortality with Streptococcus pneumoniae a major contributor. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) have been introduced into immunisation programs in many low- to middle-income countries yet there is a paucity of data evaluating the effectiveness in these settings. We assess the effectiveness of 13-valent PCV against hypoxic pneumonia, hospitalisation and other clinical endpoints in children <5 years living in Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea). ...

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• 2022
• March 2022

We studied in a non-randomized follow-up trial the persistence of pneumococcal immunity in children, 3-5 years of age, in community controls of a similar age. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• October 2017

Our findings highlight the need to consider age, ethnicity, seasonality and climate when evaluating rotavirus vaccine programs. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• November 2013

Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) strains are responsible for respiratory-related infections which cause a significant burden of disease in... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• February 2014

Although many toddlers with expressive vocabulary delay ("late talkers") present with age-appropriate language skills by the time they are of school age... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2011
• July 2011