Understanding variations in risk profiles among persistently non-attending children will inform the development of absence interventions. ...

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• 2018
• February 2018

Francis Glenn Steve Sarah Mitrou Pearson Zubrick Johnson FG G SR SJ BEc BA (Education) PhD Candidate FASSA, FAAMHS, MSc AM PhD BA, PostGradDip; PhD Program Head, Population Health, and Team Head, Human Development and Community Wellbeing Director of ...

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The prevention of suicide and suicide-related behaviour are key policy priorities in Australia and internationally. The World Health Organization has recommended that member states develop self-harm surveillance systems as part of their suicide prevention efforts. This is also a priority under Australia's Fifth National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan. The aim of this paper is to describe the development of a state-based self-harm monitoring system in Victoria, Australia. In this system, data on all self-harm presentations are collected from eight hospital emergency departments in Victoria. A natural language processing classifier that uses machine learning to identify episodes of self-harm is currently being developed. ...

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• 2020
• December 2020

To examine and synthesise recent evidence on the role of grandparents in shaping children's dietary health. ...

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• 2023
• Jun 2023

Hospital-treated self-harm is common, costly and associated with repeated self-harm and suicide. Providing a comprehensive psychosocial assessment following self-harm is recommended by professional bodies and may improve outcomes. ...

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• 2024
• January 2024

Self-regulation is a modifiable protective factor for lifespan mental and physical health outcomes. Early caregiver-mediated interventions to promote infant and child regulatory outcomes prevent long-term developmental, emotional and behavioural difficulties and improve outcomes such as school readiness, educational achievement and economic success. To harness the population health promise of these programmes, there is a need for more nuanced understanding of the impact of these interventions. ...

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• 2021
• June 2021

We must celebrate success and hope through a process of mapping and building recovery capital in the justice context at an individual and institutional level ...

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• 2020
• June 2020

Children far in advance of pubertal development may be deferred from further assessment for gender-affirming medical treatment until nearer puberty. It is vital that returning peripubertal patients are seen promptly to ensure time-sensitive assessment and provision of puberty suppression treatment where appropriate. ...

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• 2024
• May 2024

Amy Jenny Helen Desiree Professor Catherine Finlay-Jones Downs Milroy Silva Elliott AFJ JA HM DS CE BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych) BApplSci (physio) MSc PhD MBBS; FRANZCP; CATCAP MBBS, FRACP, MPH, PhD PhD, BSc (OT) ...

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The aim of this paper was to estimate the degree to which smoke-free facilities may facilitate smoking cessation in smokers with mental illness by estimating... ...

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• 2011
• December 2011

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

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• 2020
• February 2020

Steve Sarah Zubrick Johnson SR SJ FASSA, FAAMHS, MSc AM PhD BA, PostGradDip; PhD Honorary Emeritus Research Fellow Senior Research Fellow 08 6319 1409 Stephen.zubrick@telethonkids.org.au Sarah.Johnson@telethonkids.org.au Honorary Emeritus Research ...

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