New research from Perth’s Telethon Kids Institute shows that babies born premature continue to have lung problems well into childhood. ...

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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2017
• February

Helen Samantha Monks Veurink H SV MPH BA(Psych) PhD BSc PostGradDip MPH Senior Project Officer Research Officer 08 6319 1470 08 6319 1492 ...

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Child Protection & Removal Related Projects Reports Child Protection Research Translation Activities 2018 (PDF) Principles and Practice ...

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Telethon Kids Institute researchers have been awarded five of eight State Government awards designed to help cover the hidden costs of conducting research. ...

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• 2017
• June

The aims of the study were to investigate family and hospital staff views about the use of spring-infusor devices for administration of intravenous antibiotic medications, to examine if the device is acceptable and feasible and to map a process for implementation. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• September 2022

Malaria risk maps are crucial for controlling and eliminating malaria by identifying areas of varying transmission risk. In the Greater Mekong Subregion, these maps guide interventions and resource allocation. This article focuses on analysing changes in malaria transmission and developing fine-scale risk maps using five years of routine surveillance data in Laos (2017-2021). The study employed data from 1160 geolocated health facilities in Laos, along with high-resolution environmental data.  ...

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• 2024
• June 2024

Neonatal sepsis is a serious public health problem; however, there is substantial heterogeneity in the outcomes measured and reported in research evaluating the effectiveness of the treatments. Therefore, we aim to develop a Core Outcome Set (COS) for studies evaluating the effectiveness of treatments for neonatal sepsis. ...

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• 2023
• December 2023

Recent evidence suggests that parental exposures before conception can increase the risk of asthma in offspring. We investigated the association between parents' preconception body mass index (BMI) trajectories from childhood to adolescence and subsequent risk of asthma in their offspring. ...

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• 2022
• January 2022

Preterm infants are at increased risk for invasive neonatal bacterial infections. S. epidermidis, a ubiquitous skin commensal, is a major cause of late-onset neonatal sepsis, particularly in high-resource settings. The vulnerability of preterm infants to serious bacterial infections is commonly attributed to their distinct and developing immune system. ...

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• 2022
• January 2022

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