The World Health Organization identifies a strong surveillance system for malaria and its mosquito vector as an essential pillar of the malaria elimination agenda. Anopheles salivary antibodies are emerging biomarkers of exposure to mosquito bites that potentially overcome sensitivity and logistical constraints of traditional entomological surveys. ...

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

Alcohol related harms disproportionately affect Aboriginal people in Australia. Motives to drink have been identified as the most proximal factor to alcohol consumption.The aim of this study is to assess the validity of a culturally modified Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised (DMQ-R) (Cooper, 1994) with Aboriginal participants. The study was cross sectional, utilising data collected via face-to-face surveys with a sample of adult Aboriginal participants. ...

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

Discoveries in health and medicine don’t happen overnight. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research

The strongest determinants of self-reported sun-protection behavior changes due to concerns about vitamin D were attitudes and location ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• February 2016

This study investigated what young people in primary school reported being worried about with their impending move to secondary school, and how their... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• February 2014

Non-fatal health outcomes from diseases and injuries are a crucial consideration in the promotion and monitoring of individual and population health. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2012
• December 2012

Previous studies on the impacts of racism on adolescent development have largely overlooked Indigenous youth. We conducted a scoping review of the empirical literature on racism against Indigenous adolescents to determine the nature and scope of this research and to establish associations with developmental outcomes. ...

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

Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage prevalence and density were higher in infants delivered vaginally compared with those delivered by cesarean birth ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• October 2019

Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand consistently place near the top of the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Index... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2010
• January 2010

Malaria in Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) has declined rapidly over the last two decades, from 279,903 to 3926 (99%) cases between 2001 and 2021. Elimination of human malaria is an achievable goal and limited resources need to be targeted at remaining hotspots of transmission.  ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2024
• January 2024