Bullying behaviour often increases in late childhood and peaks in early adolescence. While interventions to address bullying behaviour typically encourage students to report bullying incidents to school staff, students are often reluctant to report incidents for fear it will worsen their situation or because they lack confidence in a staff members’ ability to intervene effectively. This study explores school staff responses to student reports of bullying behaviour. ...

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• 2023
• August 2023

The aim of this study was to longitudinally assess the prevalence of allergic sensitization, asthma, eczema and hay fever from infancy to adulthood ...

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• 2018
• August 2018

Children who enter school with limited proficiency in the language of instruction face a range of challenges in negotiating this new context, yet limited... ...

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• 2014
• June 2014

We investigated the relationship between autistic-like traits in early childhood and age at menarche in typically developing girls. ...

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• 2011
• August 2011

Interventions to promote breakfast consumption are a popular strategy to address early life inequalities. It is important to understand the epidemiology of children and adolescents who skip breakfast so that interventions and policy can be appropriately considered. ...

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• 2022
• April 2022

Interparental conflict (IPC) has the potential to adversely affect children's social, emotional, and behavioural functioning. The overall objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between both the severity and chronicity of IPC across early and middle childhood and children's emotional-behavioural functioning at 10-11 years. Specifically, we aimed to: (1) identify distinct trajectories of IPC spanning 10-11 years since birth of the study child as reported by mothers, and (2) examine the emotional-behavioural functioning of children exposed to the identified IPC trajectories. ...

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• 2021
• January 2021

Hypertensive diseases of pregnancy including gestational hypertension and preeclampsia continue to pose a major obstetric risk,... ...

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• 2013
• January 2013

Asthma is more common in childhood than in adulthood and is more correctly thought of as a syndrome than as a discrete condition. ...

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• 2015
• March 2015

Yasmin Harman-Smith YHS BA, BHlthSc(Hons), PhD Head, Early Years Systems Evidence; Head, Tenders Support Unit Yasmin.harman-smith@telethonkids.org.au Head, Early Years Systems Evidence; Head, Tenders Support Unit Associate Professor Yasmin ...

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Lung airflow measurements track from birth into early adulthood, suggesting a permanent and stable airway framework is laid down in the antenatal period ...

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• 2018
• August 2018

Anthony Stephen Kicic Stick A SM BSc (Hons) PhD MB BChir PhD MRCP FRACP Rothwell Family Fellow; Head, Airway Epithelial Research Head, P4 Respiratory Health for Kids Anthony.Kicic@telethonkids.org.au Rothwell Family Fellow; Head, Airway Epithelial ...

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Increased risks were observed for maternal exposure to diesel exhaust any time before the child's birth and paternal exposure around the time of the child's... ...

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• 2013
• June 2013