Previous research has highlighted children's frequent exposure to advertisements of unhealthy food and beverages on television. However, the food industry is increasingly utilising non-broadcast channels such as outdoor advertising (eg billboards, bus shelters, shop fronts) for product marketing. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2022
• July 2022

SPARX is a form of computerized cognitive behavioural therapy in serious game format funded via the Ministry of Health to be freely available in New Zealand. At registration users identify themselves as male, female, transgender or intersex. We aimed to establish whether adolescent transgender users of SPARX, compared to adolescent male and female users, were more likely to have high mental health needs at baseline and were more likely to complete SPARX. We also sought to determine changes in transgender adolescents' depressive symptoms after using SPARX. ...

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• 2021
• September 2021

Aminoglycosides are commonly prescribed to children with febrile neutropenia (FN) but their impact on clinical outcomes is uncertain and extent of guideline compliance is unknown. We aimed to review aminoglycoside prescription and additional antibiotic prescribing, guideline compliance and outcomes for children with FN. ...

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• 2020
• September 2020

This research sought to explore the main factors affecting young people's image-sharing behaviors, particularly in the context of peer relationships and norms ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2019
• December 2019

This review focuses on smokers and nonsmokers and evaluates the most recent data regarding the potential health effects of e-cigarettes ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2020
• May 2020

The current findings showed that involvement in any bullying behaviour was associated with increased risk of concurrent mental health problems ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2017
• September 2017

Reduced frontal power at 3 months may indicate increased risk for reduced expressive language skills at 12 months. ...

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• 2017
• September 2017

Prevalence of skin sores and scabies in remote Australian Aboriginal communities remains unacceptably high, with Group A Streptococcus (GAS) the dominant pathogen. We aim to better understand the drivers of GAS transmission using mathematical models. ...

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• 2018
• May 2018

This study provides evidence for a possible plateauing in the incidence of childhood T1D in Western Australia, following a peak in 2003 ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2018
• June 2018

We provided a broad atlas of miRNA expression and promoters in primary mammalian cells, establishing a foundation for detailed analysis of miRNA. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2017
• September 2017

Congenital hemiplegia is the most common form of cerebral palsy (CP). Children with unilateral CP show signs of upper limb asymmetry by 8 months corrected age (ca) but are frequently not referred to therapy until after 12 months ca. This study compares the efficacy of infant-friendly modified constraint-induced movement therapy (Baby mCIMT) to infant friendly bimanual therapy (Baby BIM) on upper limb, cognitive and neuroplasticity outcomes in a multisite randomised comparison trial. ...

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• 2017
• September 2017

In this study, invasive meningococcal disease isolates from the western seaboard of Australia, WA, were compared to those of VIC from 2008 to 2012. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2017
• October 2017