The relative importance of respiratory viral infections vs inhalant allergy in asthma pathogenesis is the subject of ongoing debate. ...

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• 2014
• February 2014

There is mounting concern over the potential harms associated with ultra-processed foods, including poor mental health and antisocial behavior. Cutting-edge research provides an enhanced understanding of biophysiological mechanisms, including microbiome pathways, and invites a historical reexamination of earlier work that investigated the relationship between nutrition and criminal behavior. Here, in this perspective article, we explore how this emergent research casts new light and greater significance on previous key observations. ...

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• 2024
• January 2024

To establish the burden of respiratory illness in cerebral palsy (CP) on the Western Australian health care system by quantifying the costs of respiratory hospitalizations in children with CP, compared with non-respiratory hospitalizations. ...

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• 2023
• July 2023

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. ...

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• 2022
• July 2022

Amy Bep Finlay-Jones Uink AFJ BU BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych) BPsych(Hons.), MAppPsy(Clinical), PhD Head, Early Neurodevelopment & Mental Health; Healthway WA Senior Research Fellow Honorary Research Associate +61 8 ...

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Yasmin Lizzie Harman-Smith Button YHS LB BA, BHlthSc(Hons), PhD BPsych (Hons) Head, Early Years Systems Evidence; Head, Tenders Support Unit Research Assistant 08 6375 9747 Yasmin.harman-smith@telethonkids.org.au elizabeth.button@ ...

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Melissa Rebecca O'Donnell Glauert M RA BPsych (Hons), MPsych, GradDip Ed, PhD BPsych (Hons) PhD Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research Associate 08 6319 1359 rebecca.glauert@telethonkids.org.au Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research ...

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The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have been vast and are not limited to physical health. Many adolescents have experienced disruptions to daily life, including changes in their school routine and family’s financial or emotional security, potentially impacting their emotional wellbeing. ...

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• 2022
• January 2022

Previous meta-analyses have found higher self-compassion is associated with lower anxiety and depression. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of self-compassion as an active ingredient in the treatment and prevention of anxiety and depression in youth. This was conducted through (i) a systematic review of the literature and (ii) qualitative consultation with young people and researchers in self-compassion. ...

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• 2021
• September 2021

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

Burn injuries are traumatic experiences that can detrimentally impact an individual’s psychological and emotional wellbeing. Despite this, some survivors adapt to psychosocial challenges better than others despite similar characteristics relating to the burn. ...

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• 2022
• February 2022

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