This study shows that timing is important for understanding intergenerational transmission of deliberate self-harm risk ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• August 2019

Maternal chronic illness is associated with an increased risk of poor developmental outcomes for children, particularly daughters ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• May 2019

Although children of convicted parents experience a higher incidence of sociodemographic risk, their parents' criminal activity constitutes an independent risk factor for their development ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• July 2018

A considerable health disparity exists between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, including a higher incidence and severity of cardiovascular and... ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2015
• April 2015

The risk of repetition of deliberate self-harm peaks in the first 7 days after a deliberate self-harm episode. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• February 2016

In this study, the Australian Early Development Census scores of 19,203 children were linked to information on child maltreatment allegations. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• February 2018

Mainstream Australian mental health services are failing Aboriginal young people. Despite investing resources, improvements in well-being have not materialised. Culturally and age appropriate ways of working are needed to improve service access and responsiveness. This Aboriginal-led study brings Aboriginal Elders, young people and youth mental health service staff together to build relationships to co-design service models and evaluation tools. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• May 2021

Adolescent deliberate self-harm (DSH) has been found to be associated with a range of bio-psycho-social factors. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• July 2017

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse commissioned the Telethon Kids Institute to collaborate on a report ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• July 2017

It is critical that health service evaluation frameworks include Aboriginal people and their cultural worldviews from design to implementation. During a large participatory action research study, Elders, service leaders and Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal researchers co-designed evaluation tools to test the efficacy of a previously co-designed engagement framework. Through a series of co-design workshops, tools were built using innovative collaborative processes that foregrounded Aboriginal worldviews. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• August 2021

Glenn Pearson G BA (Education) PhD Candidate Director of First Nations Strategy and Leadership Director of First Nations Strategy and Leadership Area of research expertise: Aboriginal health and emotional wellbeing; Aboriginal research methodologies ...

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Globally, there is a recognised need that all populations should be able to access the benefits of genomics and precision medicine. However, achieving this remains constrained by a paucity of data that quantifies access to clinical genomics, particularly amongst Indigenous populations. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• August 2022