The Self-Compassion Online program could provide a scalable solution for improving psychological outcomes and quality of life among youth with chronic illness ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• January 2020

The provision of shade, particularly through natural forms such as tree canopy, is an important sun protection strategy and enabler of outdoor time ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• December 2019

Evidence suggests that individuals with autism spectrum disorder have increased rates of co-occurring psychosis and/or bipolar disorder. Considering the peak age of onset for psychosis and bipolar disorder occurs in adulthood, we investigated the co-occurrence of these disorders in adults with autism. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• January 2022

People living in new developments, and low SES areas of Perth, may be disadvantaged with poorer access to healthy food and greater exposure to unhealthy food outlets ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• May 2019

Adolescents were likely to use a mobile phone app for relationship support, and use was not influenced by background characteristics ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• March 2018

The need to target prevention and intervention efforts for childhood overweight and obesity towards families with overweight parents ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• November 2016

We investigated the prevalence of UDT and examined rates of surgery and age at surgery in an Australian population. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• January 2016

Examining the overlap between genes perturbed in the KD-CAGE experiments and genes with a ChIP-seq peak within 50 kb of their promoter, we identified direct... ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2015
• November 2015

With more than one in four Australian children overweight or obese, and the significant risks this poses for health problems like asthma, depression,... ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• August 2013

Penelope Yael Rikki Kirsty Strauss Perry Battersby-Coulter Hird PS YP RBC KH BA, MPH, PhD BPsych (Hons) MPsych (Clin) PhD BA (Psych), MYMH, MPH (Health Econ Eval), MHM BPsych (Hons) Research Fellow in Youth Suicide Prevention Program Head, Mental ...

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Natural Language Sampling (NLS) offers clear potential for communication and language assessment, where other data might be difficult to interpret. We leveraged existing primary data for 18-month-olds showing early signs of autism, to examine the reliability and concurrent construct validity of NLS-derived measures coded from video-of child language, parent linguistic input, and dyadic balance of communicative interaction-against standardised assessment scores. Using Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts (SALT) software and coding conventions, masked coders achieved good-to-excellent inter-rater agreement across all measures. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2023
• January 2023

This study describes a method that was used to develop a simple index for ranking individuals according to their diet quality in a longitudinal study ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• April 2018