Influenza and COVID-19 infections during pregnancy may have serious adverse consequences for women as well as their infants. However, uptake of influenza and COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy remains suboptimal. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of a multi-component nudge intervention to improve influenza and COVID-19 vaccine uptake among pregnant women.  ...

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• 2023
• July 2023

Children with medical comorbidities are at greater risk for severe influenza and poorer clinical outcomes. Despite recommendations and funding, influenza vaccine coverage remains inadequate in these children. We aimed to systematically review literature assessing interventions targeting influenza vaccine coverage in children with comorbidities and assess the impact on influenza vaccine coverage. ...

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• 2021
• March 2021

Peter Lea-Ann Ruth Richmond Kirkham Thornton PC LK RT MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP PhD PhD Head, Vaccine Trials Group Co-Head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group; Microbiology Lead, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines & Infectious Diseases Co-head, ...

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Demonstrate mucosal bacterial infection in children with otitis media with effusion (OME). ...

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• 2008
• June 2008

We have quantified the relative influence of perinatal risk factors associated with skin infection hospitalisations in WA children ...

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• 2019
• September 2019

Jennifer Peter Kent Richmond J PC RN MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Clinical Research Manager Head, Vaccine Trials Group Jennifer.Kent@telethonkids.org.au Clinical Research Manager Head, Vaccine Trials Group Jennifer completed her Diploma of Nursing in 1986 at ...

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Overweight and obese children reported greater psychosocial distress than healthy weight children, and these differences were more pronounced for girls than boys. ...

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• 2017
• July 2017

In children, we found no relationship between Prn status and markers of severe pertussis ...

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• 2016
• January 2016

Aboriginal children and children from lower socio-economic backgrounds were over-represented with OM-related hospitalizations but had fewer TTIs ...

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• 2019
• April 2019

Bullying involvement in any form can have lasting physical and emotional consequences for adolescents. ...

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• 2014
• August 2014

The trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine is safe, immunogenic, provides clinical protection and should be administered annually to immunosuppressed children receiving treatment for cancer ...

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• 2016
• February 2016

Current infant vaccination against pertussis in North America and Australia requires three doses of vaccines including diphtheria, tetanus and acellular... ...

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• 2010
• March 2010