Ruth Peter Thornton Richmond RT PC PhD MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Co-head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group (BRIDG) Head, Vaccine Trials Group Co-head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group (BRIDG) Head, Vaccine Trials Group Dr Ruth ...

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Children who attended playgroup had better development at school entry relative to those who had not attended playgroup ...

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• 2020
• May 2020

24-hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years promote that achieving all three-movement behaviour (sleep, sedentary behaviour and physical activity) recommendations is important for child health and development. We examined the association between meeting all, none and combinations of the Australian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years and social-emotional development in 1363 preschool (2-5 years) boys (52%) and girls. ...

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• 2022
• June 2022

The purpose of this article is to investigate whether the number and timing of stressors experienced during pregnancy impacted longterm motor development at... ...

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• 2015
• October 2015

In utero exposure to arsenic via drinking water increases the risk of lower respiratory tract infections during infancy and mortality from bronchiectasis in... ...

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• 2013
• February 2013

Hayley Melissa Christian O'Donnell HC M BSc (1st Class Hons), PhD W.Aust. BPsych (Hons), MPsych, GradDip Ed, PhD Program Head, Healthy Behaviours and Environments; National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow Honorary Research Associate 08 6319 ...

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Social emotional development is imperative to young children's long-term psychological and physical health. Physical activity (PA) may be important for young children's social emotional development. The association between preschooler PA duration and intensity and social emotional development was investigated. ...

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• 2021
• May 2021

There is increasing international interest in place-based approaches to improve early childhood development (ECD) outcomes. The available data and evidence are limited and precludes well informed policy and practice change. Developing the evidence-base for community-level effects on ECD is one way to facilitate more informed and targeted community action. ...

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• 2021
• September 2021

PURPOSE: To develop a consensus statement for the prescription of a Powered Wheelchair Standing Device (PWSD) in young people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). MATERIALS AND METHODS: An international multidisciplinary panel comprising clinicians and users (young people with DMD) along with their parents was consulted. A literature review was undertaken and a Delphi method was utilised to generate consensus statements. ...

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• 2020
• September 2020

Relatively disadvantaged children might benefit more from attending childcare, as indicated by the positive estimated effects found for those who never attended childcare ...

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• 2019
• March 2019

The Sharing Knowledge About Immunisation project aims to develop effective communication tools to support primary health care providers' consultations with parents ...

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• 2018
• October 2018

We aimed to measure the antibody development to 2 bacteria in a birth cohort at high risk of allergic disease, and to assess which responses are asthma-linked. ...

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• 2012
• April 2012