Jonathan Carapetis AM JR AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS Executive Director; Head, Strep A Translation; Co-Founder of REACH 08 6319 1000 contact@telethonkids.org.au Institute Director; Head, Strep A Translation; Co-Founder of REACH Professor ...

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The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have been vast and are not limited to physical health. Many adolescents have experienced disruptions to daily life, including changes in their school routine and family’s financial or emotional security, potentially impacting their emotional wellbeing. ...

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• 2022
• January 2022

Across 6 years of school, multiple risk-exposed children lagged behind low risk-exposed children in the order of years of lost gains in reading achievement ...

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• 2019
• May 2019

Amidst the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, understanding the transmission dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is key to providing peace of mind for the community and informing policy-making decisions. While available data suggest that school-aged children are not significant spreaders of SARS-CoV-2, the possibility of transmission in schools remains an ongoing concern, especially among an aging teaching workforce. Even in low-prevalence settings, communities must balance the potential risk of transmission with the need for students' ongoing education. ...

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• 2021
• February 2021

Concurrent adiposity and decade-long BMI trajectories showed small, but clear, associations with poor hearing in mid-life women ...

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• 2018
• October 2018

RV-A and RV-C are endemic in South African children and HIV infection may be protective against RSV and bronchiolitis. ...

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• 2016
• June 2016

The prevalence of human rhinovirus (RV) species in children hospitalised with pneumonia in Manhiça, Mozambique ...

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• 2016
• September 2016

This audit is used as a case study of translating knowledge processes in order to identify the factors that support equity-oriented knowledge translation. ...

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• 2016
• July 2016

The current findings showed that involvement in any bullying behaviour was associated with increased risk of concurrent mental health problems ...

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• 2017
• September 2017

Acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRI) commonly result in fatal outcomes in the young children of Papua New Guinea (PNG). ...

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• 2012
• July 2012

The current study investigated the extent to which low levels of joint attention in infancy and parent-child book reading across early childhood increase the... ...

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• 2013
• January 2013

Social, racial inequalities, preterm births, Western Australia, 1984 to 2006 ...

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• 2010
• July 2010