Francis Ha Steve Mitrou Nguyen Zubrick FG HN SR BEc PhD FASSA, FAAMHS, MSc AM PhD Program Head, Population Health, and Team Head, Human Development and Community Wellbeing Senior Research Fellow Honorary Emeritus Research Fellow 08 6319 1499 08 ...

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This paper provides the first causal evidence on the impact of retirement on housing choices. Our empirical strategy exploits the discontinuity in the eligibility ages for state pension as an instrument for the endogenous retirement decision and controls for time-invariant individual characteristics. The results show that retirement leads to a statistically significant and sizable increase in the probability of making a residential move or the likelihood of becoming outright homeowners. ...

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• 2024
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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to far-reaching disruptions to health systems, including preventative and curative services for malaria. The aim of this study was to estimate the magnitude of disruptions in malaria case management in sub-Saharan Africa and their impact on malaria burden during the COVID-19 pandemic. We used survey data collected by the World Health Organization, in which individual country stakeholders reported on the extent of disruptions to malaria diagnosis and treatment. ...

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• 2023
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Streptococcus A is a bacterium often found in the throat and on the skin. ...

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Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children in rural/remote areas suffer high rates of persistent otitis media (OM) from early infancy. We aimed to determine the proportion of Aboriginal infants living in an urban area who have OM and investigate associated risk factors. ...

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• 2023
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Research has shown that parents of trans children face numerous challenges as they navigate their parenting role, however, little is known about the impact of these challenges on parents’ psychological wellbeing. ...

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• 2022
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Ewan Pete Camilo Nick Mauricio Sarah Joe Freya Cameron Gething Vargas Golding van den Berg Connor Harris Shearer EC PG CV NG MVDB SC JH FS BSc PhD BSc DPhil BSc MSc BSc, MPE BA (Oxon), MSt, MSc BSc DPhil Director of Malaria Risk Stratification ...

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Postvention is a core component of suicide prevention strategies, internationally. However, the types of supports provided to people impacted by suicide vary widely. This study examines the perceived effectiveness of the Primary Care Navigator (PCN) model for people bereaved by suicide. The PCN model was implemented in response to a suicide cluster. ...

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• December 2022

Jenefer Timo Blackwell Lassmann JM T BSc with First Class Honours, PhD, DSc, FMedSci, FAA BSc (Hons) MSc PhD Head, Genetics & Health Feilman Fellow; Program Head, Precision Health and Team Lead, Computational Biology Jenefer.Blackwell@ ...

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Anna Yael Hunt Perry AH YP DipTch, BEd BPsych (Hons) MPsych (Clin) PhD Research Administrator Program Head, Mental Health & Youth; Head, Youth Mental Health 08 6319 1290 08 6319 1298 Anna.Hunt@telethonkids.org.au yael.perry@telethonkids.org.au ...

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The reciprocal relationship between psychiatric and substance use disorders is well-known, yet it remains largely unknown whether mental health morbidity causally leads to addictive behaviours. This paper utilises a fixed effects instrumental variables model, which is identified by time-varying sources of plausibly exogenous variations in mental health, and a nationally representative panel dataset from Australia to present robust evidence on the causal impact of mental distress on cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking behaviours. ...

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• 2023
• August 2023

Francis Ha Mitrou Nguyen FG HN BEc PhD Program Head, Population Health, and Team Head, Human Development and Community Wellbeing Senior Research Fellow 08 6319 1499 francis.mitrou@telethonkids.org.au Program Head, Population Health, and Team Head, ...

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