Despite there being an increasing number of applied flow studies across scientific disciplines, there exists no consistent or broadly applicable intervention to promote flow experiences. This study provides a detailed account of a new educational flow training program developed following recent advancements in the flow literature that have provided a more parsimonious understanding of flow experiences and antecedents. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2023
• May 2023

Tele-dentistry can be useful to facilitate screening of children, especially those living in rural and remote communities, and during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study evaluated the feasibility of tele-dental screening for the identification of early childhood caries (ECC) in preschoolers using an app operated by their parents with remote review by oral-health therapists. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2023
• January 2023

Christopher Asha Blyth Bowen CC AC MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD Director, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases; Co-Head, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious ...

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Asha Dr Anita Keerthi Bowen Campbell Anpalagan AC AC KA BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD MBBS, DCH, PG DipPID, FRACP, NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship B.Biomed (Hons) Team Lead, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Infectious Diseases Physician, Deputy ...

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Asha Jonathan Bowen Carapetis AM AC JR BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD OAM AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS Head, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Executive Director; Head, Strep A Translation; Co-Founder of REACH 08 6319 1000 contact@telethonkids.org.au ...

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To determine the ability to accurately diagnose acute rheumatic fever given the resources available at three levels of the Ugandan healthcare system. ...

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• 2022
• March 2022

Achieving healthy skin requires the prevention of infectious diseases that affect the skin. Prevention activities range from environmental health improvements to address inequities in living situations, through to community-wide treatment programs to reduce transmission and improve skin health. ...

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• 2022
• October 2022

Children with cochlear implants are at increased risk of invasive pneumococcal disease, with national and international guidelines recommending additional pneumococcal vaccines for these children. This study aimed to examine the pneumococcal immunization status and rate of invasive pneumococcal disease in children with cochlear implants at a tertiary paediatric hospital over a 12-year period. ...

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• 2022
• June 2022

Health service utilisation in this setting may be enhanced by improving general awareness of the significance of childhood skin infections ...

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• 2020
• January 2020

Western Australian laboratory data demonstrated a decrease in human metapneumovirus detections through 2020 associated with SARS-CoV-2-related non-pharmaceutical interventions, followed by a subsequent surge in metropolitan region in mid-2021. We aimed to assess the impact of the surge in hMPV on paediatric hospital admissions and the contribution of changes in testing. ...

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• 2023
• May 2023

Dr Anita Asha Campbell Bowen AC AC MBBS, DCH, PG DipPID, FRACP, NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD Infectious Diseases Physician, Deputy Director of the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Team Lead, ...

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Streptoccocal A (Strep A, GAS) infections in Australia are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality through both invasive (iGAS) and post-streptococcal (postGAS) diseases as well as preceding superficial (sGAS) skin and throat infection. The burden of iGAS and postGAS are addressed in some jurisdictions by mandatory notification systems; in contrast, the burden of preceding sGAS has no reporting structure, and is less well defined. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2023
• November 2023