Studies examining associations of early-life cat and dog ownership with childhood asthma have reported inconsistent results. Several factors could explain these inconsistencies, including type of pet, timing, and degree of exposure. Our aim was to study associations of early-life cat and dog ownership with asthma in school-aged children, including the role of type (cat vs dog), timing (never, prenatal, or early childhood), and degree of ownership (number of pets owned), and the role of allergic sensitization. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• February 2022

To assess the degree to which timely audiological assessment of congenital hearing loss is achieved at our institution - Perth Children's Hospital, Western Australia, and to review cases which breached this timeframe in order to address barriers to timely assessment. The benchmark used to determine timely assessment is that set out by The Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) in which diagnostic audiological testing occurs by three months of age for those who do not pass newborn hearing screening. ...

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• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• March 2022

Mobile touch screen devices (smartphones and tablet computers) have become an integral part of many parents’ and children’s lives, with this interaction linked to physical, mental and social outcomes. Despite the known importance of parent-child attachment, evidence on the association between device use and attachment was yet to be reviewed. ...

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

Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is a leading global cause of potentially preventable hearing loss in children and adults, associated with socioeconomic deprivation. There is an absence of consensus on the definition of CSOM, which complicates efforts for prevention, treatment, and monitoring. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2024
• April 2024

The aim of this study was to identify features of innate, cell-mediated and humoral immunity that may increase susceptibility to respiratory infections in... ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• August 2014

Amy Andrew Carol Jacinta Finlay-Jones Whitehouse Watch and listen to Andrew Bower Freeman AFJ AJ C JF BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych) PhD MBBS MSc PhD FAFPHM DLSHTM FPHA BScs, MPH Head, Early Neurodevelopment & Mental ...

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The current study used a transdiagnostic approach to explore experiences of consumers and professionals on how the process of assessing and diagnosing neurodevelopmental conditions can be improved. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• December 2022

Helen Emma Andrew Leonard Glasson Whitehouse Watch and listen to Andrew HM EJ AJ MBChB MPH BPsych BSc (Hons) PhD PhD Principal Research Fellow Senior Research Fellow Angela Wright Bennett Professor of Autism Research at Telethon Kids and University ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Expertise and technologies
• Bioinformatics

The Group A β-hemolytic Streptococcus pharyngeal carriage rates seen in Uganda (15.9%) are higher than the most recent pooled results globally, at 12% ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• January 2020

Our findings are crucial in demonstrating that the Northern Territory STS clone is not STX resistant ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• September 2018

Improved public health measures targeting bacterial skin infections are needed to reduce this high burden of skin infections in Western Australia ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• September 2018

Immediate plating of impetigo swabs is the gold standard for bacterial recovery but is rarely feasible in remote regions. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• April 2013