Access to medical treatment for fever is essential to prevent morbidity and mortality in individuals and to prevent transmission of communicable febrile illness in communities. Quantification of the rates at which treatment is accessed is critical for health system planning and a prerequisite for disease burden estimates.  ...

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• 2023
• August 2023

While the majority of young people who meet the criteria for being considered at increased risk of psychosis do not go on to develop a psychotic disorder, young people are currently being identified and treated in early intervention services. ...

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• 2021
• September 2021

This study examines the association between PAE in the general antenatal population and child neurodevelopment at 2 years, accounting for relevant factors. ...

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• 2017
• October 2017

Eczema often precedes the development of asthma in a disease course called the 'atopic march'. ...

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• 2015
• January 2015

Research suggests that offspring of mothers who experience high levels of stress during pregnancy are more likely to have problems in neurobehavioral... ...

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• 2011
• January 2011

Abnormalities of the airway smooth muscle (ASM) layer in asthma may develop before birth. We hypothesize that antenatal inflammation causes physiological abnormalities of the ASM that predisposes asthma. This study determined the short-term effects of antenatal inflammation on the developing ASM. ...

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• 2022
• October 2022

Ellen Adrienne Yasmin Harvey Gregory Harman-Smith EH adrienne.gregory@telethonkids.org.au YHS BSocWk(Hons) BSocSci, MPhil BA, BHlthSc(Hons), PhD Senior Project Coordinator Project Officer Head, Early Years Systems Evidence; Head, Tenders Support ...

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This paper presents the first causal estimates of the effect of weather on children's time allocation. It exploits exogenous variations in local weather observed during the random diary dates of two nationally representative cohorts of Australian children whose time-use diaries were surveyed biennially over 10 years. ...

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• 2021
• April 2021

Childhood obesity and physical inactivity are two of the most significant modifiable risk factors for the prevention of non-communicable diseases. Yet, a third of children in Wales and Australia are overweight or obese, and only 20% of UK and Australian children are sufficiently active. ...

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• 2022
• October 2022

Hayley Pete Trina Christian Gething Robinson HC PG TR BSc (1st Class Hons), PhD W.Aust. BSc, PostGrad Dip (Health Promotion) Program Head, Healthy Behaviours and Environments; National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow Program Head, Child Health ...

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Cognitive and motor dysfunction are hallmark features of the psychosis continuum, and have been detected during late childhood and adolescence in youth who report psychotic experiences (PE). However, previous investigations have not explored infancy and early childhood development. ...

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• 2021
• September 2021

This study provides the first evidence on the determinants of uptake of two recent public dental benefit programs for Australian children and adolescents from disadvantaged families. Using longitudinal data from a nationally representative survey linked to administrative data with accurate information on eligibility and uptake, we find that only a third of all eligible families actually claim their benefits. ...

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• 2021
• February 2021