The Sharing Knowledge About Immunisation project aims to develop effective communication tools to support primary health care providers' consultations with parents ...

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• 2018
• October 2018

Maternal stressful life events during pregnancy have been associated with immune dysregulation and increased risk for asthma and atopy in offspring. Few studies have investigated whether prenatal stress is associated with increased overall or specific infectious diseases in childhood, nor explored sex differences. We sought to examine the relationship between the nature and timing of maternal stress in pregnancy and hospitalisation with infection in offspring. ...

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• 2021
• January 2021

Influenza vaccine was offered to all children aged 6-59 months resident in Western Australia in 2008, and we wished to evaluate the effectiveness of this immunisation programme. ...

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• 2010
• July 2010

Public health weight-loss interventions seem to be based on an outdated understanding of the science. ...

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• 2013
• February 2013

First Nations children hospitalised with acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs) are at increased risk of future bronchiectasis (up to 15-19%) within 24-months post-hospitalisation. An identified predictive factor is persistent wet cough a month after hospitalisation and this is likely related to protracted bacterial bronchitis which can progress to bronchiectasis, if untreated. ...

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• 2022
• March 2022

This Research Note has explored the strengths, risks and potential complexity of adaptive trials ...

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• 2019
• April 2019

Helen Samantha Monks Veurink H SV MPH BA(Psych) PhD BSc PostGradDip MPH Senior Project Officer Research Officer 08 6319 1470 08 6319 1492 helen.monks@telethonkids.org.au Samantha.Veurink@telethonkids.org.au Senior Research Officer Research Officer ...

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These data suggest that the link between maternal hypertensive diseases of pregnancy and child behavioral development begins in the first year of life. ...

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• 2013
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Tom Snelling T BMBS DTMH GDipClinEpid PhD FRACP Head, Infectious Disease Implementation Research 08 6319 1817 tom.snelling@telethonkids.org.au Head, Infectious Disease Implementation Research Professor Tom Snelling is Head of the Infectious Disease ...

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Pet ownership brings many health benefits to individuals. In children developmental benefits can extend to improved self-esteem, better social competence and decreased loneliness. The majority of households with children own a dog, however only a small proportion of children gain the benefits of dog ownership through dog walking and play. There are few intervention studies investigating the impact of dog-facilitated physical activity in children. The PLAYCE PAWS study aims to test a minimal-contact intervention through the use of mobile health ("mhealth") strategies, i.e. text (SMS) messages, to parents to encourage their children to walk and play with their dog more, and evaluate the impact on children's overall physical activity and development. ...

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• 2021
• January 2021

The Western Australian Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness study commenced in 2008 to evaluate a new program to provide free influenza vaccine to all children... ...

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• 2011
• February 2011

Christopher Elke Jennifer Peter Tom Blyth Seppanen Kent Richmond Snelling CC ES J PC T MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD BSc PhD RN MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP BMBS DTMH GDipClinEpid PhD FRACP Director, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases; ...

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