With more than one in four Australian children overweight or obese, and the significant risks this poses for health problems like asthma, depression,... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• August 2013

We begin with isotropic Gaussian random fields, and show how the Bochner-Godement theorem gives a natural way to describe their covariance structure. We continue with a study of Matérn processes on Euclidean space, spheres, manifolds and graphs, using Bessel potentials and stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs). ...

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

One third of Australia’s children will be better supported at school, thanks to a Telethon Kids Institute evidence review of what works best to ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Research Impact
• 2021
• Research translation

This trial aims to improve uptake of secondary prophylaxis among Aboriginal people with ARF/RHD to reduce progression or worsening of RHD. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• January 2016

We compared early vocal development in children "at risk" for cerebral palsy (CP) with typically developing (TD) infants aged 6 to 15 months using the SAEVD-R, investigating potential pre-linguistic markers of communication impairment. Additionally, we sought to examine the agreement between the SAEVD-R and IMP, which uses parent report, in identifying departure from typical vocal development in at-risk infants. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• November 2023

The findings indicated that in spite of continued promotion of the AIFG over the past ten years achieving the around six months guideline is challenging ...

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

Robyn Karen Gina Karen Johnston Lombardi Trapp Forde RJ KL GT KF BSc, Post Grad Dip, PhD BHSc (Hons), PhD BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD BHlthSc (Hons 1A ...

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• Projects

Amy Carol Roslyn Finlay-Jones Bower Giglia AFJ C RC BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych) MBBS MSc PhD FAFPHM DLSHTM FPHA ...

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• Projects

A single-blind randomised control trial investigated the effectiveness of the Learn, Engage and Play (LEaP) playgroup. Seventy-one children with developmental delay were randomly allocated to an 8-week LEaP playgroup or control group and followed up at 12 and 28 weeks. ...

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

The development of Milk Man followed a best practice approach, including the involvement of a multidisciplinary team and grounding in behavior change theory ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• June 2016