Video otoscopy plays an important role in improving access to ear health services. This study investigated the clinician-rated quality of video otoscopy recordings and still images, and compared their suitability for asynchronous diagnosis of middle-ear disease. Two hundred and eighty video otoscopy image-recording pairs were collected from 150 children (aged six months to 15 years) by an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialist, audiologists, and trained research assistants, and independently rated by an audiologist and ENT surgeon. ...

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• 2021
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The majority of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (hereafter referred to as “Aboriginal”) people live in urban centres. Otitis media (OM) occurs at a younger age, prevalence is higher and hearing loss and other serious complications are more common in Aboriginal than non-Aboriginal children. Despite this, data on the burden of OM and hearing loss in urban Aboriginal children are limited. ...

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• 2020
• October 2020

This project aimed to investigate how schools provide support for the psychosocial wellbeing and disease management of students with type 1 diabetes ...

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• 2020
• May 2020

This study investigated the associations between clusters of early life risk factors and developmental vulnerability in children's first year of full-time school at age 5 ...

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• 2020
• April 2020

Infant exposure to coal mine fire emissions could be associated with long-term impairment of lung reactance ...

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• 2020
• February 2020

We write this perspective to raise awareness of antimicrobial resistance as an issue in Indigenous primary health care ...

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• 2019
• July 2019

Elevated levels of emotional difficulties among school students with T1D and variable levels of support from school staff to assist these students to manage their diabetes at school ...

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• 2018
• August 2018

This study aimed to determine if relationships between LCI and clinical outcomes of CF lung disease differ when only two acceptable MBW trials are assessed. ...

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• 2018
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Asha Glenn Marianne Bowen Pearson Mullane AC G MM BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD BA (Education) PhD Candidate BSc (OT) Team Lead, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Director of First Nations Strategy and Leadership Program Advisor, SToP Trial ...

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Chris Peter Valerie Lea-Ann Ruth Jaimee Melinda Charlie Elke Tamara Robyn Brennan-Jones Richmond Swift Kirkham Thornton Rich Edmunds McLeod Seppanen Veselinovic Choi C PC VS LK RT JR ME CM ES TV RC PhD MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP PhD PhD BNurs BSc MBBS ( ...

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A wet cough in a child for more than four weeks could indicate infection in the lungs. The wet cough is caused by mucus in the airway. The mucus becomes infected with bacteria and causes airway inflammation that can progress to permanent lung damage known as bronchiectasis. ...

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Our findings are in line with a number of epidemiological studies which show a positive association between breastfeeding and OM in early childhood ...

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• 2017
• February 2017