The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which factors previously documented as buffering the impact of high-risk family environments on... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2015
• December 2015

Antibiotic consumption can lead to antimicrobial resistance and microbiome imbalance. We sought to estimate global antibiotic consumption for sore throat, and the potential reduction in consumption due to effective vaccination against group A Streptococcus. ...

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• 2023
• November 2023

These results indicate that anaphylaxis is not a major cause of adverse reactions to benzathine penicillin G ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2019
• June 2019

This paper reports on trans and gender diverse young people's attitudes towards digital games and game-based digital mental health interventions ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2019
• November 2019

Medulloblastoma is the most common malignant childhood brain tumor, and 5-year overall survival rates are as low as 40% depending on molecular subtype, with new therapies critically important. As radiotherapy and chemotherapy act through the induction of DNA damage, the sensitization of cancer cells through the inhibition of DNA damage repair pathways is a potential therapeutic strategy. ...

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• 2021
• April 2021

This study explores how the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic influenced family routines, relationships and technology use (smartphones and tablet computers) among families with infants. Infancy is known to be an important period for attachment security and future child development, and a time of being susceptible to changes within and outside of the family unit. ...

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• 2021
• December 2021

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. ...

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• 2020
• December 2020

The association between scabies and skin sores is highly significant and indicates a causal relationship ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2018
• July 2018

Diarrhoeal disease is the second leading cause of death in children under 5 years globally, killing 525 000 annually. Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (hereafter Aboriginal) children suffer a high burden of disease. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• February 2018

increased adherence to penicillin prophylaxis is associated with reduced acute rheumatic fever recurrence and a likely reduction in mortality ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2018
• December 2018

Mothers of a child with intellectual disability (ID) have more psychiatric disorders after the birth of their child than other mothers. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2015
• February 2015

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