The media plays a powerful role in shaping health-related attitudes and behaviours. We investigated media reports about children's independent mobility (CIM) and associations with parental attitudes towards CIM. CIM-related media reports (newspaper, online, television) during a 3-month period were extracted from two databases. ...

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• 2022
• August 2022

This study investigated patterns of universal health and education service use from birth through Kindergarten (age 4 years) and estimated associations between cumulative risk and service use patterns, and between service use patterns and children's developmental vulnerability in the Preparatory Year (age 5 years). ...

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• 2022
• June 2022

Soil transmitted helminth infections are estimated to impact 24% of the world's population and are responsible for chronic and debilitating morbidity. Disadvantaged communities are among the worst affected and are further marginalized as infection prevalence fuels the poverty cycle. ...

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• 2024
• February 2024

we aim to create a profile of fine motor skills in a cohort of WA children; determine whether these differed in children with PAE or FASD and prevalence. ...

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• 2017
• November 2017

This study involved focus groups with 132 children and 12 parents in primary and secondary school in Victoria to explore children's independent mobility. ...

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• 2017
• May 2017

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of pneumonia and meningitis worldwide. Many different serotypes co-circulate endemically in any one location. The extent and mechanisms of spread and vaccine-driven changes in fitness and antimicrobial resistance remain largely unquantified. ...

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• 2024
• July 2024

Both children and adults benefit from living in communities and neighborhoods that are rich in social capital. ...

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• 2011
• December 2011

This review examines evidence of the association between the neighborhood built environment, green spaces and outdoor home area, and early (0-7 years) child... ...

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• 2015
• March 2015

The current study brought a bioecological approach to children’s early vocabulary development using data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children... ...

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• 2011
• October 2011

This is the third fact sheet regarding the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project. ...

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• 2015
• January 2015

This is a rare examination of joblessness over 3 succeeding generations and its onward effects upon children, and is one of the few in the research literature. ...

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• 2013
• January 2013

From Marginalised to Empowered: transformative methods for Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Chief Investigators: Professor Fiona Stanley (Telethon Kids Institute) Associate Professor Dawn Bessarab (University of Western Australia) Professor Juli ...

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• Indigenous Health