Maternal mental disorders have been associated with adverse perinatal outcomes such as low birthweight and preterm birth, although these links have been examined rarely among Australian Aboriginal populations. We aimed to evaluate the association between maternal mental disorders and adverse perinatal outcomes among Aboriginal births. ...

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Offspring of hypertensive pregnancies have increased cardiovascular risk factors during childhood. ...

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We sought to explore whether allergic children show differences in microbial Toll-like receptor (TLR)-mediated responses over their first 5 years of life. ...

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Amy Jenny Susan Desiree Keerthi Finlay-Jones Downs Prescott Silva Kottampally AFJ JA SL DS KK BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin ...

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The importance of play for a child’s development is irrefutable. Playgroups provide a safe environment for children of similar ages to play and develop prior to starting school. ...

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In the ongoing debate on optimum methods for identification of Indigenous people within linked administrative data, few studies have examined the impacts of method on population counts and outcomes in family-based linkage studies of Aboriginal children. ...

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Susan Prescott SL MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP Honorary Research Fellow susan.prescott@telethonkids.org.au Honorary Research Fellow Susan Prescott is a ...

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Alexander Pat Deborah Larcombe Holt Strickland A PG DH BScEnv (Hons) PhD PhD, DSc, FRCPath, FRCPI, FAA PhD Team Leader, Respiratory Environmental ...

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Language is one of the most remarkable developmental accomplishments of early childhood. Language connects us with others and is an essential tool for literacy, education, employment and lifelong learning. ...

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