A youth mental health researcher aiming to map suicide hotspots and avert further suicides in WA has been awarded a prestigious fellowship from the Forrest Research Foundation. ...

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• 2021
• June

Western Australia has been highly successful at containing community spread of COVID-19 to date. ...

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• 2020
• May

In an Australian-first study, researchers at the Telethon Kids Institute are investigating the effects of COVID-19 on the wellbeing of more than 2,000 families in the northern suburbs of Perth, measuring their perceived stress, financial hardship and family functioning during the pandemic. ...

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• 2020
• April

Six out of ten ‘nicotine-free’ e-cigarette liquids analysed by Telethon Kids Institute researchers contained nicotine as well as an acutely toxic chemical typically found in pesticides and disinfectants. ...

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• 2019
• January

Researchers conducted a series of group interviews with young people to find out how much they knew about energy drinks and the consequences of drinking them. ...

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• 2017
• October