Parents interpreted pivotal vaccine-related events in the community as requiring them to take personal responsibility for vaccine decisions ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• October 2018

Invasive fungal disease (IFD) remains a challenging complication of treatment for paediatric acute leukaemia. Consensus fungal treatment guidelines recommend withholding chemotherapy to facilitate immune recovery in this setting, yet prolonged delays in leukaemia therapy increase risk of relapse. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• June 2022

PPV is immunogenic in 9-month-old children at high risk of pneumococcal infections and does not affect the capacity to produce protective immune responses ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• February 2019

A single dose of rubella vaccine will take longer to reduce the burden of rubella and will be less robust to lower vaccine coverage ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• November 2016

Presence of bacterial otopathogen in the middle ear during ventilation tube insertion was a predictor of children at-risk of repeat ventilation tube insertion ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• February 2020

Using linked data, we describe changes in respiratory virus testing among children born in Western Australia in 1996-2012 ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• June 2017

At present, limited literature exists exploring patient preferences for prophylactic treatment of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Given low treatment completion rates to this treatment in Australia, where the burden of disease predominantly affects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, an improved understanding of factors driving patient preference is required to improve outcomes. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2024
• May 2024

Broad community acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccination will be critical for effectively halting the spread of the virus. In this study, we focus on factors that differentiate those who are undecided from those who are either willing or unwilling to accept a prospective COVID-19 vaccine. An online survey in May 2020 assessed Australian adults' willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine (yes, maybe, no). A multinomial logistical regression of responses (N = 1,313) was used to identify correlates of vaccine willingness between the three groups. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• January 2021

Pneumonia, most often caused by a respiratory virus, is common in childhood. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• February 2018

The rollout of vaccines against COVID-19 is prompting governments and the private sector to adopt mandates. However, there has been little conceptual analysis of the types of mandates available, nor empirical analysis of how the public thinks about different mandates and why. Our conceptual study examines available instruments, how they have been implemented pre-COVID, and their use for COVID-19 globally. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• November 2021