Asthma researchers at Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research are developing a world first system for predicting the severity of asthma in children ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2006
• February

Children as young as six years old are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, according to Perth endocrinologists who are calling for early screening of at-risk groups. ...

• Rio Tinto Children's Diabetes Centre
• News and events

We used data from a large Australian population to determine the independent and moderating effects of maltreatment and parental SSDs on early childhood. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• December 2017

Early identification of oropharyngeal dysphagia and the management of seizures may help prevent serious respiratory illness ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• November 2018

This letter to the editor endorses data linkage studies and cites their potential value over other types of epidemiological studies within the field of... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2015
• October 2015

Young people who have had contact with the criminal justice system are at increased risk of early death, especially from injuries. However, deaths due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in this population remain poorly described. We aimed to estimate mortality due to NCDs in people with a history of involvement with the youth justice system, compare NCD mortality rates in this population with those in the general population, and characterise demographic and justice-related factors associated with deaths caused by NCDs in people with a history of contact with the youth justice system. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• August 2023

The transition to parenthood is a high-risk period for many parents and is an important period for child development. Research has identified that parental mental health, reflective functioning (capacity to consider mental states of oneself and others) and coparenting (capacity to work together well as a parenting team) may be particularly significant predictors of later child outcomes, however these factors have seldom been considered together. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• May 2023

Investigating school readiness in ORIGINS' five-year-olds ...

• The ORIGINS Project
• Sub-projects
• Brain & Behaviour

We explored familial aggregation of cancer in a population-based case-control study using genealogical record linkage and designed to overcome limitations of... ...

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

The PCV7 was introduced to prevent IPD in WA Aboriginal people in 2001 to a lesser extent in older people. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• September 2017