The Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Team follows an holistic definition of Aboriginal Health which means that health is not just the physical wellbeing of an individual but includes the social, emotional and cultural wellbeing of the whole community. ...

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In this study we assessed the effects of antigen exposure in mice pre‐sensitized with allergen following viral infection on changes in lung function, cellular responses and tight junction expression. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• August 2021

Support networks important for new dads Next steps Pictured: Hugo, Jacob, and Aria Hammer Jacob Hammer is one of 600 fathers who will be recruited to ...

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• 2023
• Collaboration

First study to show that the increase in extreme preterm birth in high-income jurisdiction is no longer evident after medical terminations and birth defects are excluded ...

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• 2019
• March 2019

The longitudinal analyses found no evidence of increased (or decreased) long-term risk of ear infections in subsequent waves associated with attending a child care centre ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2019
• July 2019

We detail the unique findings from an Aboriginal early child development research project with a specific focus on the Nyoongar/Aboriginal community of Perth ...

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• 2020
• March 2020

We plan to examine whether prenatal maternal mental health disorders impact the risk of stillbirth and infant mortality ...

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• 2020
• May 2020

Globally, Indigenous children have historical and contemporary connections with government child protection services that have caused significant harm to their long-term health and wellbeing. Innovative, culturally secure and recovery focussed service provision is required. ...

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• 2024
• July 2024

Overweight and obese children reported greater psychosocial distress than healthy weight children, and these differences were more pronounced for girls than boys. ...

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• 2017
• July 2017

Cancer research is being reimagined after a collaboration between the Telethon Kids Institute, the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity. ...

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• 2019
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