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        Cardiometabolic Risk Markers for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Youths: A Systematic Review of Data Quality and Population Prevalence

        Cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus are leading contributors to the health inequity experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and their antecedents can be identified from early childhood. We aimed to establish the quality of available data and the prevalence of cardiometabolic risk markers among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and youths (0-24-year-olds) to inform public health approaches. ...

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        Prevalence of tuberculosis infection among contacts of drug-resistant tuberculosis patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

        Contact investigations with drug-susceptible tuberculosis (DS-TB) patients have demonstrated a high prevalence of tuberculosis infection (TBI). However, the prevalence of TBI among individuals in close contact with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) patients is poorly understood. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine the prevalence of TBI among household and non-household contacts of DR-TB patients. ...

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        Missing Voices: Profile, Extent, and 12-Month Outcomes of Nonfatal Traumatic Brain Injury in Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Adults in Western Australia

        These findings suggest an urgent need for multisectoral primary prevention of traumatic brain injury ...

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        Healthy Conversations @ Playgroup

        Hayley Christian HC BSc (1st Class Hons), PhD W.Aust. Program Head, Healthy Behaviours and Environments; National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow 08 6319 1040 hayley.christian@telethonkids.org.au Program Head, Healthy Behaviours and ...

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        The social impacts of mining on local communities in Australia

        Mining developments are being required to consider how they affect local communities and implement strategies to minimise negative impacts they may be causing ...

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        Early childhood education quality and child development in Lao PDR

        Globally, as scale up of early childhood education (ECE) continues, monitoring ECE quality is imperative to promote service aspects that drive positive outcomes for children. Monitoring of ECE quality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is scarce, limited by challenges in varied conceptualisations of quality, lack of measurement tools that reflect local culture and context, and implementation difficulties in low resource settings. ...

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        Differences in the population structure of Neisseria meningitidis in two Australian states: Victoria and Western Australia

        In this study, invasive meningococcal disease isolates from the western seaboard of Australia, WA, were compared to those of VIC from 2008 to 2012. ...

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        Priorities for improved management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

        The results suggest that timely injection and patient education are priorities for managing ARF and RHD, particularly focusing on child-to-adult transition care ...

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        Jurisdictional, socioeconomic and gender inequalities in child health and development:

        Early child development may have important consequences for inequalities in health and well-being. This paper explores population level patterns of child... ...

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        Developmental regulation of type 1 and type 3 interferon production and risk for infant infections and asthma development

        Type 1 and 3 interferon response capacity appears strongly developmentally constrained at birth ...

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        Exploring local government areas with significant shifts in child development between 2009 and 2012 on the Australian Early Development Census

        This project analysed AEDC results across Australia, to identify communities with significant improvement (decreases in developmental vulnerability) between 2009 and 2012 ...

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        Ngulluk Koolunga Ngulluk Koort (Our Children, Our Heart) Program

        Brad Carol Glenn Carrington Steve Farrant Michie Pearson Shepherd Zubrick Related Projects Elder Researchers Contact BM C G CCJ SR If you would like more information or to become involved in the project, please get in touch with : Carol Michie T: ( ...

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