A significant proportion of trans and gender diverse (TGD) young people report membership of the gaming community and resultant benefits to wellbeing. To date their experiences and needs regarding a key feature of games, the avatar, are largely unexplored, despite increasing interest in the therapeutic role of avatars in the general population. The aim of this study was to better understand the role of the avatar in gaming, its impact on TGD young people's mental health, and their unique needs regarding avatar design. ...

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

Access to healthcare is a requirement for human well-being that is constrained, in part, by the allocation of healthcare resources relative to the geographically dispersed human population. Quantifying access to care globally is challenging due to the absence of a comprehensive database of healthcare facilities. We harness major data collection efforts underway by OpenStreetMap, Google Maps and academic researchers to compile the most complete collection of facility locations to date. ...

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

Intramuscular benzathine penicillin G (BPG) injections are a cornerstone of secondary prophylaxis to prevent acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Uncertainties regarding inter-ethnic and preparation variability, and target exposure profiles of BPG injection are key knowledge gaps for RHD control. ...

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

This study examined associations among preschool attendance, home learning activities, stunting status, and early child development using data from the validation study of the East Asia–Pacific Early Child Development Scales (EAP-ECDS). ...

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

We identified the existence of more than 290 clinically associated genomic phylogroups across 22 countries, highlighting challenges in designing vaccines of global utility ...

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

Here, the role, status, and directions in Group A Streptococcus vaccines research are discussed ...

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

A review of cases informed a change from a "3 + 0" infant schedule to a "2 + 1" schedule ...

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

These challenges in measuring early childhood development are exacerbated when making comparisons across cultures ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• May 2020

Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage prevalence and density were higher in infants delivered vaginally compared with those delivered by cesarean birth ...

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

The induction of DNA damage has been employed as an anticancer strategy for more than 100years, first starting with the use of radiation to treat stomach cancer followed by the first uses of DNA-damaging chemotherapy to treat childhood leukemia. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• January 2022