The salience of self-compassion offers promise for early intervention initiatives focusing on less judgmental or self-critical means of self-relation ...

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• 2019
• April 2019

Amongst pregnant Australian women we aimed to ascertain vaccine information received, maternal immunisation uptake and attitudes and concerns regarding vaccines ...

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• 2017
• August 2017

To determine the duration and severity of acute postoperative pain experienced by children undergoing 8 different general and urological procedures. ...

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• 2017
• October 2017

Mucus hyperconcentration in cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease is marked by increases in both mucin and DNA concentration. Additionally, it has been shown that half of the mucins present in bronchial alveolar lavage fluid from preschool-aged CF patients are present in as non-swellable mucus flakes. ...

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• 2022
• April 2022

Only the minority of parent-reported allergies in pediatric surgical patients were specialist confirmed and likely to be clinically relevant ...

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• 2019
• February 2019

COMBAT-CF showed that children aged 0-3 years treated with azithromycin did clinically better than placebo but there was no effect on CT-scores. We reanalysed CTs using an automatic bronchus-artery (BA) analysis. ...

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• 2024
• April 2024

This qualitative study used in-depth interviews to explore adolescent girls’ perceptions of sexualized images they typically find when using social media. Twenty-four participants aged 14–17 years described sexualized images of females as normalized on social media. The interplay between gendered and social norms that endorsed and rewarded girls for posting sexualized images was seen to influence an expectation for girls to conform with their peers and post such images of themselves. ...

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• 2023
• April 2023

In 2009 over 40 leading researchers and academics from across Australia signed the Boatshed Racism Roundtable Declaration that proposed four areas of action... ...

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• 2015
• January 2015

We explored trends in six developed countries in three types of indicators of child maltreatment for children younger than 11 years,... ...

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• 2011
• December 2011

This exciting new edition includes several new chapters that deliver an even more robust and high quality resource. It examines issues across the life course,.. ...

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• 2011
• July 2011

Melissa O'Donnell M BPsych (Hons), MPsych, GradDip Ed, PhD Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research Associate Areas of research expertise: Child maltreatment and linked cross-jurisdictional data. Associate Professor Melissa O'Donnell holds an ...

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The early years is a critical stage to establish optimal nutrition and movement behaviours. Community playgroups are a relaxed environment for parents with a focus on social connection and supporting parents in their role as 'First Teachers'. Playgroups are therefore an opportunistic setting to promote health behaviours in the early years. ...

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• 2024
• March 2024