Language disorder is highly prevalent in youth justice; however, orofacial, oromotor, speech, and voice anomalies have been largely overlooked. There has been some documentation of these among individuals with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), and adolescents with PAE are over-represented in youth justice. ...

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Researchers from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research will lead a comprehensive national survey of the mental health of Australia's children. ...

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There is no known risk-free level of alcohol use in pregnancy. Despite this, many still believe that occasional drinking is safe. To-date, there is limited evidence of the influences on women's decisions about low to moderate alcohol use in pregnancy. ...

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This is a permanent full time position. The Opportunity In this role, reporting to the Head of Development, you will be responsible for leading and ...

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Telethon Kids is looking for a highly motivated and experienced Director for the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, to be based ...

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Postvention is a core component of suicide prevention strategies, internationally. However, the types of supports provided to people impacted by suicide vary widely. This study examines the perceived effectiveness of the Primary Care Navigator (PCN) model for people bereaved by suicide. The PCN model was implemented in response to a suicide cluster. ...

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Irritability is a transdiagnostic indicator of child and adolescent internalizing and externalizing problems that is measurable from early life. The objective of this systematic review was to determine the strength of the association between irritability measured from 0 to 5 years and later internalizing and externalizing problems, to identify mediators and moderators of these relationships, and to explore whether the strength of the association varied according to irritability operationalization. ...

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Indigenous children in colonised nations experience high rates of health disparities linked to historical trauma resulting from displacement and dispossession, as well as ongoing systemic racism. Skin infections and their complications are one such health inequity, with the highest global burden described in remote-living Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (hereafter respectfully referred to as Aboriginal) children. Yet despite increasing urbanisation, little is known about the skin infection burden for urban-living Aboriginal children. ...

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On the front cover of this month’s Medical Forum WA Magazine - Superhero viruses, #AI and the final phage.  ...

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We are excited to launch our new Aboriginal Employment and Career Development Strategy (AECDS), aimed at building a culturally secure work environment by continuing to embed Aboriginal health & wellbeing into our research. ...

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