Australians who are Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) and receive income support span a wide spectrum of working ages. Australian research has concentrated on NEETs aged 15-29 years, in line with international standards. This paper investigates extending the NEET concept to include all working age persons 15-64 years and the value added to welfare policy through analysis of a new linked dataset. ...

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This study aimed to (1) examine the strength of the association between mental disorders/mental health problems, risk behaviours and tobacco smoking among Australian adolescents, (2) compare rates of tobacco smoking among Australian adolescents with major depressive disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and/or conduct disorder in 2013/14 vs 1998, and (3) identify the extent to which an association between tobacco smoking and mental health problems among adolescents can be attributed to non-mental health risk factors. ...

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High consumption of sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been linked to unhealthy weight gain and nutrition related chronic disease. ...

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• 2011
• December 2011

It has been argued that the preponderance of studies into individual smoking cessation therapies seems grossly out of proportion to the number of people... ...

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• 2011
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The aim of this study was to describe current and daily smoking rates, and smoking cessation rates in adults with anxiety disorders ...

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• 2010
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Research priority setting activities in paediatric chronic disease cover many discipline areas and have elicited a broad range of topics ...

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• 2018
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The burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remains unclear in many regions of the world. ...

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• 2017
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is characterised by a range of neurodevelopmental deficits that may increase risks of justice system involvement. Improving our understanding of criminogenic risk factors and particularly the role of informant-rated executive functioning (EF) in predicting the age of offending onset in this clinical population may reduce recidivism and help inform targeted interventions. ...

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• 2022
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Two highly respected Telethon Kids Institute researchers have been named as finalists in the 2018 Premier’s Science Awards. ...

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The PLAYCE study will empirically investigate the relative and cumulative influence of the day care, and home environment on preschoolers’ physical activity ...

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