Delivering cancer control at scale for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is a national priority that requires Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership and codesign, as well as significant involvement of the Aboriginal community-controlled health sector. The unique genomic variation observed among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples may have implications for standard and precision medicine. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2024
• July 2024

Evidence suggests consumption of a Mediterranean diet (MD) can positively impact both maternal and offspring health, potentially mediated by a beneficial effect on inflammatory pathways. We aimed to apply metabolic profiling of serum and urine samples to assess differences between women who were stratified into high and low alignment to a MD throughout pregnancy and investigate the relationship of the diet to inflammatory markers.   ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2023
• December 2023

Few studies have examined associations between gender non-conformity (GNC) in childhood or adolescence and mental health outcomes later in life. This study examined associations between GNC and mental health over multiple time points in childhood and adolescence, and GNC in childhood and/or adolescence and mental health in adulthood. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2023
• July 2023

We reflect on the lessons learned from a recent genome‐wide association study of rheumatic heart disease with Aboriginal Australian participants ...

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

The impact of perinatal outcomes, maternal social and health outcomes and level of culturally secure service availability on the health outcomes of Western Australian Aboriginal infants and children ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• March 2018

Results indicated the existence of SES gradients in early development in multiple domains in China, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and Vanuatu ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• October 2018

Results indicate that early childhood education is beneficial for children's early development ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• April 2019

Group A streptococcal (GAS) infections can trigger an immune-mediated response resulting in acute rheumatic fever. The role of social and environmental risk factors for GAS pharyngitis and skin infections are not well understood. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2022
• September 2022

Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease is a concise, yet comprehensive, clinical resource highlighting must-know information on rheumatic heart disease and acute rheumatic fever from a global perspective ...

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

Overall, infant immunisation coverage is currently >90% in Australia, but there are pockets of under-immunised children including children from migrant backgrounds. ...

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