This study aimed to summarize the attributes that have been examined in existing peer-reviewed studies of Australian consumer nutrition environments ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• May 2018

Australia's commitment to consumer and community participation in health and medical research has grown over the past decade. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• July 2013

The Rural Infant Feeding Study aimed to describe the factors associated with breastfeeding practice from birth to 12 months of age in rural Western Australia. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2015
• August 2015

There is an ongoing need for improvement in assessment tools and methods that investigate food sources of saturated fat and mortality to inform dietary... ...

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• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• September 2013

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is an umbrella term to describe a range of effects from prenatal alcohol exposure including fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• September 2013

Christopher Anita Blyth Williams CC AW MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD MInfecDis MPhil(App Epi) Director, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases; Co-Head, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious ...

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Globally, as scale up of early childhood education (ECE) continues, monitoring ECE quality is imperative to promote service aspects that drive positive outcomes for children. Monitoring of ECE quality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is scarce, limited by challenges in varied conceptualisations of quality, lack of measurement tools that reflect local culture and context, and implementation difficulties in low resource settings. ...

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• 2024
• March 2024

Physically locating liquor stores near schools can strongly influence the chances of youth accessing and consuming alcohol, and may also increase children's exposure to alcohol advertising. Investigating the association between the presence of a liquor store near a school and the prevalence of outdoor alcohol advertising is crucial from a policy perspective, as it can inform future regulations on the placement of liquor stores and outdoor advertising near educational institutions.  ...

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• 2024
• June 2024

This report summarises the epidemiology of hospitalisations with laboratory-confirmed influenza during the 2017 influenza season ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• September 2019

Our aims were to describe the epidemiological distribution of paediatric invasive group A Streptococcus disease in Australia and correlate this with influenza notifications ...

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• 2019
• December 2019

The findings of this postmarketing assessment of the safety of 2 new enhanced influenza vaccines support confidence in ongoing vaccine use ...

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• 2020
• May 2020

Epidemic viral infections predominated as causes of childhood encephalitis in Australia. The leading causes include vaccine-preventable diseases ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• June 2020