The purpose of this study was to investigate dispensing patterns and pregnancy outcomes for women dispensed an SSRI in pregnancy. ...

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• 2011
• January 2011

This trial is evaluating the effectiveness of an Alert Program school curriculum for improving self-regulation and executive function in children living in remote Australian Aboriginal communities ...

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• 2018
• March 2018

Interventions to address alcohol use during pregnancy need to target underlying determinants of the behaviour. Using the theory of planned behaviour as a theoretical framework, the aim of this study was to identify behavioural, normative and control beliefs regarding alcohol use during pregnancy among a sample of women. ...

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• 2021
• October 2021

Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) exposure during pregnancy is linked to serious adverse child outcomes, including Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. The Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP) supports women with problematic AOD use, who are pregnant or have young children, and are not effectively engaging with services. PCAP has been shown to reduce alcohol exposed pregnancies, promote AOD abstinence, increase employment and family planning and improve child outcomes. ...

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• 2022
• August 2022

Data linkage is the bringing together of specific datasets from different sources using demographic information on individuals within a population. ...

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• 2013
• January 2013

This study aimed to systematically review the literature on the associations between birth spacing and developmental outcomes in early childhood (3–10 years of age). Studies examining the associations between interpregnancy intervals and child development outcomes during and beyond the perinatal period have not been systematically reviewed. ...

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• 2022
• November 2022

Alexander David Martyn Larcombe Martino Symons A DM MS BScEnv (Hons) PhD BSc PhD B.A. (Hons) PhD. Team Leader, Respiratory Environmental Health Head, Clinical Epigenetics Honorary Research Associate 08 6319 1672 David.Martino@telethonkids.org.au ...

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Despite the existence of a national alcohol guideline for breastfeeding women, maternal health practitioners are not incorporating this advice ...

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• 2019
• April 2019

Recent research suggests that maternal folic acid supplementation is associated with a reduced risk of childhood brain tumors (CBT); polymorphisms in folate... ...

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• 2015
• March 2015

Supports are needed for families with children with disabilities to assist in meeting the child's health and developmental needs, but also to support the parents in managing the often more complex parenting environment. ...

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• 2017
• April 2017

Amy Andrew Carol Deborah Gail Helen Jenny Kandice Martyn Finlay-Jones Whitehouse Watch and listen to Andrew Bower Strickland Alvares Leonard Downs Varcin Symons AFJ AJ C DH GA HM JA KJ MS BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych) ...

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Children with birth defects experience higher rates of hospitalisation for ALRIs before age 2 years than children with no birth defects. ...

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• 2014
• March 2014