This study explores the differential impact of weather on time allocation to physical activity and sleep by children and their parents. We use nationally representative data with time use indicators objectively measured on multiple occasions for more than 1,100 child-parent pairs, coupled with daily meteorological data. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• July 2021

Young adults who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual and other diverse genders and sexualities (LGBTQIA+) are more likely to experience mental health difficulties and are at significantly elevated risk of substance abuse, self-harm and suicide, relative to their heterosexual, endosex and cisgender peers. There is a need for effective mental health interventions for LGBTQIA+ young adults. Mindful Self-Compassion training is a promising approach; among LGBTQIA+ individuals, self-compassion accounts for more variation in mental health outcomes than bullying, victimization, and adverse childhood experiences combined. Furthermore, LGBTQIA+ individuals with high self-compassion report more positive identity and happiness, less self-stigma, and lower suicidality than those with low self-compassion. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• January 2021

Energy drinks (EDs) claim to boost mental performance, however, few studies have examined the prospective effects of EDs on mental health. This study examined longitudinal associations between ED use and mental health symptoms in young adults aged 20 years over a 2-year period. ...

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

Increased allostatic load is linked with racial discrimination exposure, providing a mechanism for the biological embedding of racism as a psychosocial stressor. We undertook an examination of how racial discrimination interacts with socioecological, environmental, and health conditions to affect multisystem dysregulation in a First Nations population. ...

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

In both high- and low-income countries, HIV-negative children born to HIV-positive mothers (HIV exposed, uninfected [HEU]) are more susceptible to severe infection than HIV-unexposed, uninfected (HUU) children, with altered innate immunity hypothesized to be a cause. Both the gut microbiome and systemic innate immunity differ across biogeographically distinct settings, and the two are known to influence each other. ...

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

Bubble CPAP may be used in infants with suspected or confirmed COVID-19. Electrostatic filters may reduce cross infection. This study aims to determine if including a filter in the bubble CPAP circuit impacts stability of pressure delivery. A new electrostatic filter was placed before (pre) or after (post) the bubble CPAP generator, or with no filter (control) in an in vitro study. Pressure was recorded at the nasal interface for 18 h (6 L/min; 7 cm H2O) on 3 occasions for each configuration. Filter failure was defined as pressure >9 cm H2O for 60 continuous minutes. The filter was weighed before and after each experiment. ...

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

It is unclear who is at risk of being involved in a suicide cluster and whether suicide clusters are influenced by the social transmission of suicidal behaviour, assortative relating, or a combination of both. Suicide clusters involving two or more young people were identified from the free text of electronic police and coroners reports in Australia's National Coronial Information System in a nationwide cross-sectional study. ...

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

It is plausible that offspring born to mothers using tobacco during pregnancy may have increased risk of mood disorders (depression and bipolar disorders); however, mixed results have been reported. ...

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

Objective: To assess the demographic, social, and clinical characteristics of young Australians who die by suicide. ...

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

Children with birth defects experience higher rates of hospitalisation for ALRIs before age 2 years than children with no birth defects. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• March 2014

We conducted a population-based, record linkage study to examine the hospital admission risk in young children who are subsequently diagnosed with attention... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• April 2014

The purpose of this study is to describe the social participation of young adults with Down syndrome and examine its relationship with the physical and... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• September 2014