High consumption of sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been linked to unhealthy weight gain and nutrition related chronic disease. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2011
• December 2011

Community links and support services ...

• The ORIGINS Project

This large population-based study suggests a significant healthcare burden associated with influenza in children with a range of chronic lung diseases ...

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

Understanding how families engage with screen technologies and how it may influence child development ...

• The ORIGINS Project
• Sub-projects
• Environment & Lifestyle

In the Australian disability context, the assessment of children with neurodevelopmental conditions’ functioning (across all domains) is of increasing importance, particularly since the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Currently, there is wide variability across assessment of functioning practices, including the choice and use of published tools for assessment. ...

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

Group A streptococcus (GAS) infections, such as pharyngitis and impetigo, can lead to rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations experience high rates of RHD and GAS skin infection, yet rates of GAS pharyngitis are unclear.  ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2024
• April 2024

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a chronic cardiac condition with an infectious aetiology, causing high disease burden in low-income settings. ...

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

Analysing samples is a vital part of research, providing the answers needed to move forward with innovative new treatments and life- saving vaccines. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2019
• Impact

Learn more about the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines & Infectious Diseases ...

• Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines & Infectious Diseases

To investigate temporal trends in admission rates for acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in a total population birth cohort of non-Aboriginal and... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2007
• June 2007