The breadth of available non-pharmacological interventions for autistic children, with varying evidence for efficacy summarised in multiple systematic reviews, creates challenges for parents, practitioners, and policymakers in navigating the research evidence. In this article, we report the findings of an umbrella review of 58 systematic reviews of non-pharmacological interventions for autistic children (aged 0–12 years). ...

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• 2022
• September 2022

The broadening of the clinical definition of autism over time-the so-called, autism spectrum-has run in parallel with the growth of a neurodiversity movement that has reframed the concept of autism entirely. Without a coherent and evidence-based framework through which both of these advances can be situated, the field is at risk of losing definition altogether. ...

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• 2023
• July 2023

Children with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can have difficulty adapting to the school context and may therefore be more likely to be suspended. We examined the association between ACEs and suspensions using linked administrative data on children born in Western Australia from July 2003–June 2004. ...

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• 2021
• July 2021

To assess the effects of adding a topical steroid to topical antibiotics in the treatment of people with chronic suppurative otitis media ...

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• 2018
• June 2018

Hannah Peter Moore Richmond HC PC OAM BSc (Hons) GradDipClinEpi PhD MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Program Head, Infection and Vaccines Head, Vaccine Trials Group 08 6319 1427 Hannah.moore@telethonkids.org.au Program Head, Infection and Vaccines Head, Vaccine ...

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Although influenza vaccination is recommended during pregnancy as standard of care, limited surveillance data are available for monitoring uptake. ...

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• 2015
• January 2015

Influenza vaccination is recommended to protect mothers and their infants from influenza infection. Few studies have evaluated the health impacts of in utero exposure to influenza vaccine among children more than six months of age. ...

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• 2022
• January 2022

The Western Australian Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness study commenced in 2008 to evaluate a new program to provide free influenza vaccine to all children... ...

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• 2011
• February 2011

Influenza vaccine was offered to all children aged 6-59 months resident in Western Australia in 2008, and we wished to evaluate the effectiveness of this immunisation programme. ...

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• 2010
• July 2010

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of acute lower respiratory infections in children worldwide. The highest incidence of severe disease is in the first 6 months of life, with infants born preterm at greatest risk for severe RSV infections.  ...

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• 2024
• May 2024

Hannah Moore HC OAM BSc (Hons) GradDipClinEpi PhD Program Head, Infection and Vaccines 08 6319 1427 Hannah.moore@telethonkids.org.au Program Head, Infection and Vaccines A/Prof Hannah Moore OAM is Program Head, Infections and Vaccines at the ...

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Western Australian laboratory data demonstrated a decrease in human metapneumovirus detections through 2020 associated with SARS-CoV-2-related non-pharmaceutical interventions, followed by a subsequent surge in metropolitan region in mid-2021. We aimed to assess the impact of the surge in hMPV on paediatric hospital admissions and the contribution of changes in testing. ...

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• 2023
• May 2023