Teachers are responsible for children at school during peak ultraviolet (UV) times of the day. It is paramount that teachers have knowledge and understanding of UV to effectively protect themselves and their students. The aim of this pilot study was to investigate the effect of a short intervention on preservice teachers’ sun protective behaviours, knowledge and perceived skill to teach sun safety. ...

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

A large proportion of preschoolers do not meet the recommended three hours of daily physical activity. A potential source of daily physical activity could be that provided via the family dog. This qualitative study aimed to explore the barriers and motivators to preschoolers playing with their dog and participating in family dog walks. ...

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

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a group of neurodevelopmental disorders which are more common in males. The 'prenatal sex steroid' hypothesis links excessive sex-steroid exposure during foetal life with the behavioural differences observed in ASD. However, the reason why sex steroid exposure may be excessive remains unclear. Epidemiological studies have identified several environmental risk factors associated with ASD, including developmental vitamin D (DVD) deficiency. ...

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

The re-emergence of scarlet fever poses a new global public health threat. The capacity of North-East Asian serotype M12 (emm12) Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus, GAS) to cause scarlet fever has been linked epidemiologically to the presence of novel prophages ...

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

The behavioral phenotype of neurogenetic disorders associated with intellectual disability often includes psychiatric comorbidity. The objectives of this systematic review and meta-analysis were to systematically review the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and symptoms in children and adolescents ...

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• 2020
• September 2020

Whilst gastrostomy insertion was associated with lower survival rates than children without gastrostomy, survival improved with time ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2020
• July 2020

Recent birth cohort studies showed a significant interaction between cat ownership at birth and mutations in FLG on the development of early‐onset atopic dermatitis ...

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

Very preterm infants have a marked innate inflammatory response at the time of late-onset sepsis ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2020
• May 2020

Gastrostomy was associated with health benefits including reduced all-cause and epilepsy hospitalizations, but was not protective against acute LRTI ...

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

The salience of self-compassion offers promise for early intervention initiatives focusing on less judgmental or self-critical means of self-relation ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2019
• April 2019