The COVID-19 pandemic has posed significant challenges for healthcare workers worldwide, potentially affecting their sense of coherence (SOC) and overall well-being. This study aimed to identify factors associated with different levels of SOC among healthcare workers, exploring demographic characteristics, work-related factors, changes in relationships and social habits, and the overall well-being. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• Jun 2023

We aimed to explore whether newborns in high-risk areas have pre-existing pneumococcal-specific cellular immune responses that effects early acquisition. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• March 2017

The diagnosis of food allergy (FA) can be challenging because approximately half of food-sensitized patients are asymptomatic. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2015
• January 2015

How females with Rett syndrome communicate in everyday life and the barriers and facilitators to successful communication ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• February 2016

This article discusses the relationships between gut colonization & inflammatory noncommunicable diseases, in regards to their treatment and prevention. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2015
• November 2015

Childhood is a critical period of immune development. During this time, naïve CD4 T cells undergo programmed cell differentiation, mediated by epigenetic changes, in response to external stimuli leading to a baseline homeostatic state that may determine lifelong disease risk. However, the ontogeny of epigenetic signatures associated with CD4 T cell activation during key developmental periods are yet to be described. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• February 2023

We examined early signs of ASD in infants wit tuberous sclerosis complex, approximately 50% of whom will meet criteria for ASD by age 3. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• December 2017

We conducted a methylome-wide association study to examine associations between DNA methylation in whole blood and central adiposity and body fat distribution, measured as waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio and waist-to-height ratio adjusted for body mass index, in 2684 African-American adults in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• September 2020

We have developed an LC-MS/MS assay that accurately measures saliva 25(OH)D3 levels, which correlated with serum levels ...

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

Tess Mary Gregory Brushe TG MB BSc (Hons), PhD (Psychology) BPsych(Hons), PhD (Public Health) Senior Research Fellow Senior Research Officer +61 8 6375 6113 08 6375 6102 tess.gregory@telethonkids.org.au mary.brushe@telethonkids.org.au Senior ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Brain and Behaviour
• Population Health Program
• Early Years Systems Evidence

Group B streptococcus (GBS) is an important cause of early- and late-onset sepsis in the newborn. Preterm infants have markedly increased susceptibility... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2011
• April 2011

We examined the relationship between the onset and pattern of childhood mental health disorders and subsequent current smoking status at age 17 years. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2012
• May 2012