Lack of agreement about criteria and terminology for children's language problems affects access to services as well as hindering research and practice. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• October 2017

Siblings of individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions (NDCs) have greater incidence of neuropsychiatric diagnoses and neurocognitive difficulties compared to siblings of persons without NDCs. Despite suicidality being labelled a global health crisis (WHO, 2014) and NDC siblings experiencing risk factors implicated in suicidality, no previous studies examined suicidality amongst adolescent and young adult siblings of persons with NDCs. Our study aimed to bridge this gap. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2023
• July 2023

Documentation of patterns and long-term trends in mortality in young people, which reflect huge changes in demographic and social determinants of adolescent health, enables identification of global investment priorities for this age group. We aimed to analyse data on the number of deaths, years of life lost, and mortality rates by sex and age group in people aged 10-24 years in 204 countries and territories from 1950 to 2019 by use of estimates from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2021
• October 2021

There is growing evidence that lung function in early-life predicts later lung function. Adverse events over the lifespan might influence an individual’s lung function trajectory, resulting in poor respiratory health. The aim of this study is to identify early-life risk factors and their impact on lung function trajectories to prevent long-term lung impairments. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2022
• March 2022

This Australia-wide study examines whether maternal intake of folate and vitamins B6 and B12 during pregnancy is associated with development of brain tumors... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• June 2014

Despite high breastfeeding initiation rates in Australia, few mothers exclusively breastfeed their infants to six months. This is particularly evident in... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2015
• August 2015

This paper presents data that infants born following assisted reproductive technologies (ART) compared with non-ART singletons display increases in low birth... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• April 2014

Liz Tim Davis Jones EA TW MBBS FRACP PhD MBBS DCH FRACP MD Head, Chronic & Severe Diseases Research Focus Area; Clinical Lead, Diabetes and Obesity Research Co-head, Diabetes and Obesity Research Head, Chronic & Severe Diseases Research Focus Area; ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Chronic and Severe Diseases
• Diabetes, Metabolism and Clinical Sciences
• Diabetes and Obesity Research
• Expired Projects

Carrington Shepherd CCJ PhD Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research Associate Areas of research expertise: Population health; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health; Social inequalities in health; child mortality. Carrington is a Senior ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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The impact of perinatal outcomes, maternal social and health outcomes and level of culturally secure service availability on the health outcomes of Western Australian Aboriginal infants and children ...

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

After randomized, controlled trials established that consumption of folic acid before pregnancy and during the early weeks of gestation reduces the risk... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2010
• March 2010

This paper reviews the evidence from systematic reviews and meta-analyses examining the risk from low and moderate levels of prenatal alcohol exposure. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2012
• March 2012