Antismoking mass media campaigns have been shown to reduce smoking prevalence in the mainstream community. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2010
• February 2010

Asha Janessa Dylan Jonathan Bowen Pickering Barth Carapetis AM Acknowledgement of Research Study Team Members Publications to date AC Dr DB JR We thank the following people for their contributions to the Missing Piece Surveillance Study: Telethon ...

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Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) after group A streptococcus (GAS) infections is heritable and prevalent in Indigenous populations. Molecular mimicry between human and GAS proteins triggers proinflammatory cardiac valve-reactive T cells. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• December 2017

Pregnancy provides an opportunity to strengthen health system responses and address whole-of-life health for women with rheumatic heart disease ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• December 2019

Group A Streptococcus (Strep A) is an important cause of mortality and morbidity globally. This bacterium is responsible for a range of different infections and post-infectious sequelae. Summarising the current knowledge of Strep A transmission to humans will address gaps in the evidence and inform prevention and control strategies. The objective of this study is to evaluate the modes of transmission and attack rates of group A streptococcal infection in human populations. ...

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• 2021
• March 2021

Group A β-haemolytic Streptococcus (GAS), a Gram-positive bacterium, causes skin, mucosal and systemic infections. Repeated GAS infections can lead to autoimmune diseases acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia have the highest rates of ARF and RHD in the world. ...

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• 2022
• March 2022

Mainstream youth mental health services struggle to comprehend the connection between colonisation and service provision for Aboriginal young people. This is the consensus agreed by Aboriginal Elders from Perth, Western Australia and young Aboriginal leaders within their communities. ...

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• 2022
• July 2022

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), principally ischemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke, are the leading cause of global mortality and a major contributor to disability. This paper reviews the magnitude of total CVD burden, including 13 underlying causes of cardiovascular death and 9 related risk factors, using estimates from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2019. GBD, an ongoing multinational collaboration to provide comparable and consistent estimates of population health over time, used all available population-level data sources on incidence, prevalence, case fatality, mortality, and health risks to produce estimates for 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019. ...

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• 2020
• December 2020

Aboriginal children living in remote communities are at high risk of early and persistent otitis media. Streptococcus pneumoniae and non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) are primary pathogens. Vaccines with potential to prevent early OM have not been evaluated in this population. We compared immunogenicity (ELISA and opsonophagocytic activity) of a combination of Synflorix™ (PHiD-CV10, 10 serotypes and protein D of NTHi) and Prevenar13™ (PCV13, 10 serotypes plus 3, 6A, and 19A), with recommended schedules. ...

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

Prevalence of skin sores and scabies in remote Australian Aboriginal communities remains unacceptably high, with Group A Streptococcus (GAS) the dominant pathogen. We aim to better understand the drivers of GAS transmission using mathematical models. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• May 2018

Here, we present the abstracts and proceedings of our 8th annual conference, held in Detroit, Michigan in May 2019, themed "From Challenges, to Opportunities" ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• November 2019

Early life infections drive high antibiotic prescribing rates in remote Aboriginal communities ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• April 2019