This study investigated patterns of universal health and education service use from birth through Kindergarten (age 4 years) and estimated associations between cumulative risk and service use patterns, and between service use patterns and children's developmental vulnerability in the Preparatory Year (age 5 years). ...

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

DNA methylation has been shown to be associated with adiposity in adulthood. However, whether similar DNA methylation patterns are associated with childhood and adolescent body mass index (BMI) is largely unknown. More insight into this relationship at younger ages may have implications for future prevention of obesity and its related traits. We examined whether DNA methylation in cord blood and whole blood in childhood and adolescence was associated with BMI in the age range from 2 to 18 years using both cross-sectional and longitudinal models. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• November 2020

COVID-19 has caused a global public health crisis affecting most countries, including Ethiopia, in various ways. This study maps the vulnerability to infection, case severity and likelihood of death from COVID-19 in Ethiopia. Thirty-eight potential indicators of vulnerability to COVID-19 infection, case severity and likelihood of death, identified based on a literature review and the availability of nationally representative data at a low geographic scale, were assembled from multiple sources for geospatial analysis. Geospatial analysis techniques were applied to produce maps showing the vulnerability to infection, case severity and likelihood of death in Ethiopia at a spatial resolution of 1 km×1 km. ...

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

To determine the seroprevalence of selected zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) and their associated risk factors in Tanzania. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• July 2021

Anticipation and prompt relief of symptoms among patients with a life-limiting illness is a core element of palliative care. Indigenous Australians commonly encounter cultural barriers in healthcare that may impair outcomes. The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration collects patient care data for the purposes of continuous quality improvement and benchmarking, with each recorded care episode divided into phases that reflect a patient's condition. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• March 2021

We identified new asthma loci, found new associations at loci implicated in the comorbidity of asthma plus hay fever and confirmed nine known loci. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• January 2018

This study involved focus groups with 132 children and 12 parents in primary and secondary school in Victoria to explore children's independent mobility. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• May 2017

Allergen-specific immunoglobulin E (present in allergic sensitization) has a central role in the pathogenesis of allergic disease. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• August 2013

Both children and adults benefit from living in communities and neighborhoods that are rich in social capital. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2011
• December 2011

The current study brought a bioecological approach to children’s early vocabulary development using data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children... ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2011
• October 2011