A screening tool to help midwives and other health professionals contribute to the prevention of FASD is changing maternity practice across WA public hospitals. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2019
• Impact

The generous support of Western Australians through Channel 7’s Telethon is helping to fund life-changing child health research, with two Telethon Kids Institute researchers awarded significant grants. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2024
• February

New collaborative research involving almost 600,000 pregnant mothers has demonstrated a dramatic increase in uptake of the whooping cough (pertussis) vaccine after identifying just 22 per cent of WA women had the maternal vaccination between 2012 – 2017. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2022
• June

I spend a lot of time listening to parents and a lot of time analysing what they are thinking, how they are coping, how they behave and what they are doing. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2013
• August

Bushfires can have a considerable impact on our physical and mental health, with some symptoms lasting long after the blaze is extinguished. And our children are amongst the most vulnerable. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2020
• January