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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• The ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course

The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between dust levels and health in Indigenous children in Western Australia ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• July 2019

Benefits in teaching the Alert Program® to students in a region with high reported rates of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and self-regulation impairment ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• March 2020

The effects of maternal alcohol-use disorder are experienced by the majority of exposed children rather than a vulnerable subgroup of this population ...

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• 2020
• March 2020

Abdominal pain in children and adolescents associates with depression, anxiety, being bullied, unhappiness and reduced overall health-rating during adolescence ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• February 2020

Despite the existence of a national alcohol guideline for breastfeeding women, maternal health practitioners are not incorporating this advice ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• April 2019

This study demonstrates the importance of considering the effectiveness of secondary school bullying prevention interventions and real-world implementation support ...

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• 2019
• January 2019

Involvement in healthcare decisions is associated with better health outcomes for patients. For children and adolescents with intellectual disability, parents and healthcare professionals need to balance listening to a child's wishes with the responsibility of keeping them safe.  ...

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• 2024
• June 2024

Mandates provide a relatively cost-effective strategy to increase vaccinate rates. Since 2014, five Australian states have implemented No Jab No Play (NJPlay) policies that require children to be fully immunised to attend early childhood education and childcare services. In Western Australia, where this study was conducted, NJNPlay legislation was enacted in 2019.  ...

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• 2024
• June 2024

This study investigates the heritability of language, speech, and nonverbal cognitive development of twins at 4 and 6 years of age. ...

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• 2018
• January 2018

Acute tryptophan depletion, and therefore, diminished substrate availability for brain 5-HT synthesis did not lead to significant changes in serum neuropeptide Y concentrations over time ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• May 2018

Findings were mixed, with support both for negative and for positive associations of central nervous 5-HT function with aggression in children and adolescents ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• February 2019