The incidence of anaphylaxis is increasing globally in tandem with changing environmental and lifestyle factors. There is very limited data on very early childhood presentations. We aim to assess changes in rates, characteristics and management of infant anaphylaxis in a paediatric ED over a 15-year period. ...

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• 2023
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Early childhood is recognised as a critical window of opportunity for physical literacy development, however early childhood educators typically lack the training required to effectively provide appropriate physical literacy opportunities for children. ...

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Some studies suggest an association between early exposure to anesthesia, surgery and long term developmental deficit, clinical phenotype of children is unknown ...

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• 2017
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This paper reports on data from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study to examine whether exposure to anesthetics in children younger than 3... ...

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• 2014
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This snapshot highlights that early education services are related to better levels of early child development, but coverage and access is not sufficient ...

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• 2016
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The effect of breast-feeding on the development of allergic disease is uncertain ...

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Research suggests that offspring of mothers who experience high levels of stress during pregnancy are more likely to have problems in neurobehavioral... ...

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Although adolescent dietary patterns tend to be of poor quality, it is unclear whether dietary patterns established in adolescence persist into adulthood. We examined trajectories across adolescence and early adulthood for 2 major dietary patterns and their associations with childhood and parental factors. Using data from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine Study), intakes of 38 food groups were estimated at ages 14, 17, 20 and 22 y in 1414 participants using evaluated FFQs. ...

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This study demonstrates a pervasive effect of early life infections that require hospital admission on multiple aspects of early child development ...

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This snapshot highlights that children in Northern Lao PDR are developing poorly, with disparities in child development across different ethnic groups and family backgrounds ...

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We investigated whether childhood infection-related hospitalisation (IRH, a marker of severity) was associated with subsequent adult CVD hospitalisation. ...

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Ellen Yasmin Rosemary Harvey Harman-Smith Cahill EH YHS RC BSocWk(Hons) BA, BHlthSc(Hons), PhD EdD, MEd, BEd(Hons) Senior Project Coordinator Head, Early Years Systems Evidence; Head, Tenders Support Unit Principal Research Fellow (08) 6375 6117 ...

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