Chronic tinnitus during childhood/adolescence can be associated with impaired quality of life. Guidelines for managing paediatric tinnitus recommend assessment and interventions are often based upon the experiences and opinions of guideline committee members. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• January 2023

The incidence of anaphylaxis is increasing globally in tandem with changing environmental and lifestyle factors. There is very limited data on very early childhood presentations. We aim to assess changes in rates, characteristics and management of infant anaphylaxis in a paediatric ED over a 15-year period. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• July 2023

Population-level, nationally representative data on the prevalence of minority stressors and traumatic events, mental ill-health effects, and the preventative utility of school climate, among gender and sexuality diverse young people in Australia, is significantly lacking. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• November 2023

The health and well-being of transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse people is receiving increasing attention from epidemiologists and public health researchers, including those utilizing longitudinal observational cohort studies. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• December 2023

Antimicrobials are the most commonly prescribed drug class in children. Overuse through inappropriate prescribing is a key driver of antimicrobial resistance and is recognized as one of the top 10 threats to global health by the World Health Organization. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• December 2022

The Group A β-hemolytic Streptococcus pharyngeal carriage rates seen in Uganda (15.9%) are higher than the most recent pooled results globally, at 12% ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• January 2020

Improved public health measures targeting bacterial skin infections are needed to reduce this high burden of skin infections in Western Australia ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• September 2018

Our findings are crucial in demonstrating that the Northern Territory STS clone is not STX resistant ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• September 2018

Immediate plating of impetigo swabs is the gold standard for bacterial recovery but is rarely feasible in remote regions. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• April 2013

Siblings of individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions (NDCs) are exposed to unique family environments and experience a range of psychosocial risk and resilience factors. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• March 2023

The vast and growing challenges for human health and all life on Earth require urgent and deep structural changes to the way in which we live. Broken relationships with nature are at the core of both the modern health crisis and the erosion of planetary health. A declining connection to nature has been implicated in the exploitative attitudes that underpin the degradation of both physical and social environments and almost all aspects of personal physical, mental, and spiritual health. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• March 2023

Preterm infants have immature control of breathing and impaired pulmonary gas exchange. We hypothesized that infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) have a blunted ventilatory response and peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2 ) instability during a hypoxic challenge. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• February 2023