The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted new mothers’ wellbeing and breastfeeding experience. Women have experienced changes in birth and postnatal care and restricted access to their support network. It is unclear how these impacts may have changed over time with shifting rates of infection and policies restricting movement and access to services in Australia and New Zealand. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• August 2022

To reduce peanut allergy prevalence, infant feeding guidelines now recommend introducing peanuts in an age-appropriate form (such as peanut butter) as part of complementary feeding. However, due to a lack of randomized trial evidence, most infant feeding and food allergy prevention guidelines do not include tree nuts. The aims of this trial were to determine safety and feasibility of dosage consumption recommendations for infant cashew nut spread introduction. ...

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

Our objective was to develop a method that could be applied in a longitudinal cohort study to account for attrition bias in an investigation of exclusive... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• November 2014

By directly engaging with women diagnosed with ovarian cancer, this study aimed to explore and identify their view of the health symptoms and outcomes that matter most to them as they traverse their disease pathway. ...

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

In centrally obese adolescents with NAFLD, a healthy dietary pattern may be protective, whereas a Western dietary pattern may increase the risk. ...

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

Improving maternal gut health in pregnancy and lactation is a potential strategy to improve immune and metabolic health in offspring and curtail the rising rates of inflammatory diseases linked to alterations in gut microbiota. Here, we investigate the effects of a maternal prebiotic supplement (galacto-oligosaccharides and fructo-oligosaccharides), ingested daily from <21 weeks' gestation to six months' post-partum, in a double-blinded, randomised placebo-controlled trial.  ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2024
• March 2024

The Western Australian Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness study commenced in 2008 to evaluate a new program to provide free influenza vaccine to all children... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2011
• February 2011

The objective of this tudy was to assess the reactogenicity of two 2010 trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) formulations among adults, including... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2011
• August 2011

Our findings illustrate the vulnerabilities of children born to foreign women from low and middle-income countries ...

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

A double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted investigating the use of low-dose oral interferon alpha for preventing acute viral... ...

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