Melissa Fiona Helen O'Donnell Stanley Leonard M FJ HM BPsych (Hons), MPsych, GradDip Ed, PhD FAA FASSA MSc MD FFPHM FAFPHM FRACP FRANZCOG HonDSc ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Projects

To determine whether there was an independent effect of breastfeeding on child and adolescent mental health ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2010
• April 2010

Few studies have examined the dietary patterns of adolescents and the social and environmental factors that may affect them during this life stage. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2009
• October 2009

In 2005, the Telethon Kids Institute won a National Health & Medical Research Council Indigenous Capacity Building Grant. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2019
• Impact

This WA data linkage study aims to assess whether maternal mental health problems are associated with worse child development outcomes, children’s safety and... ...

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

There is a lack of data on the out-of-hospital burden of acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in developed countries. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2012
• August 2012

The similarities in risk factors and in the adjusted rates of victimisation-related injury admission in both countries suggest that the VR cluster of ICD-10... ...

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

Receiving vaccines at or close to their due date (vaccination timeliness) is a now key measure of program performance. However, studies comprehensively examining predictors of delayed infant vaccination are lacking. We aimed to identify predictors of short and longer-term delays in diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccination by dose number and ethnicity. ...

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

This study aimed to examine the pattern of stillbirth and neonatal mortality rate disparities over time in Western Australia ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• November 2019

Children with medical comorbidities are at greater risk for severe influenza and poorer clinical outcomes. Despite recommendations and funding, influenza vaccine coverage remains inadequate in these children. We aimed to systematically review literature assessing interventions targeting influenza vaccine coverage in children with comorbidities and assess the impact on influenza vaccine coverage. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• March 2021