One explanation for the high burden of allergic and autoimmune diseases in industrialized countries is inappropriate immune development under modern... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2012
• November 2012

Social advantage may provide some protection for dental health in individuals with Rett syndrome ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• November 2018

Researchers at Telethon Institute for Child Health Research have been awarded more than $1.4M to assess how many juvenile offenders are affected by FASD. ...

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• 2014
• February

The study aims to provide paediatricians in Western Australia (WA) with educational resources about the prevention of prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal... ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2011
• October 2011

The concept of planetary health blurs the artificial lines between health at scales of person, place, and planet. It emphasizes the interconnected grand challenges of our time, and underscores the need for integration of biological, psychological, social, and cultural aspects of health in the modern environment. Here, in our Viewpoint article, we revisit vaccine pioneer Jonas Salk’s contention that wisdom is central to the concept of planetary health. ...

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• 2021
• October 2021

This study aimed to address the acceptance of mHealth applications for a dental screening app that facilitates patient information entry and captures dental photos remotely to assist in caries diagnosis in preschool children in Australia. ...

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• 2023
• August 2023

Probiotic supplementation in the neonatal period results in improved gut colonisation with probiotic bacteria in the short term. There is limited information on the long-term sustainability of this colonisation.  ...

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• 2023
• February 2023

Our study aimed to establish baseline folate status data in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Western Australians. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• February 2013

The term “Anthropocene Syndrome” describes the wicked interrelated challenges of our time. We expand the discourse on positive social contagion and argue that empowerment through education can help lead to an information transformation with the aim of flourishing along every link in the person, place and planet continuum. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• January 2021

Early life lower respiratory tract illness impairs lung function at 1 year, independent of baseline lung function ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• January 2017