Language key to autism inclusivity We know words matter and now new research looking at autism terminology has shone the spotlight on what autistic ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Research Impact
• 2023
• Research translation

This study investigates the variation of human milk metabolites in human milk between five different countries ...

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

Jonathan Judy Carapetis AM Katzenellenbogen JR JM AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS BSc (Occ Ther) BSc Hons (Epidemiol) MSc PhD Executive Director; Head ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Projects

Following the outbreak of COVID-19, social distancing restrictions limited access to face-to-face mental health services in Western Australia (WA), necessitating a rapid transition to non-face-to-face alternatives, including telehealth. The current study investigated barriers and facilitators to telehealth access and engagement, and preferences for child and youth mental health service delivery during and beyond COVID-19. ...

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

Glenn Jonathan Michael Pat Tim Tobias Pearson Carapetis AM Serralha Holt Barnett Kollmann G JR MS PG TB TK BA (Education) PhD Candidate AM MBBS FRACP ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Projects

Mental ill-health and substance use bear a substantial burden and harm on young people and often arise from co-occurring and compounding risk factors, such as traumatic stress. Trauma-informed prevention of mental ill-health and substance use demonstrates significant promise in reducing this burden. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• October 2023

General Practitioners (GPs) play a crucial role in the identification and support of young people at risk of suicidal behaviour and self-harm; however, no studies have explored GPs’ perspectives, approaches, challenges, and resource needs when working with this cohort in an Australian setting. ...

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

SPARX is a form of computerized cognitive behavioural therapy in serious game format funded via the Ministry of Health to be freely available in New Zealand. At registration users identify themselves as male, female, transgender or intersex. We aimed to establish whether adolescent transgender users of SPARX, compared to adolescent male and female users, were more likely to have high mental health needs at baseline and were more likely to complete SPARX. We also sought to determine changes in transgender adolescents' depressive symptoms after using SPARX. ...

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

To generate contemporary age-specific mortality rates for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians aged <65 years who died from rheumatic heart disease between 2013 and 2017, and to ascertain the underlying causes of death of a prevalent RHD cohort aged <65 years who died during the same period. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• March 2023

Two research teams, led by the Telethon Kids Institute, have been awarded more than $2 million to fund innovative projects. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2021
• November