The relationship between physical activity and child health and development is well-documented, yet the extant literature provides limited causal insight into the amount of physical activity considered optimal for improving any given health or developmental outcome. ...

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• 2022
• June 2022

Graham Jenny Peter Hall Downs Jacoby GL JA PJ BAppSci PhD CRFS FANZSRS FThorSoc FERS BApplSci (physio) MSc PhD BA (Hons) MSc Honorary Research Associate Program Head, Development and Disability Biostatistician 08 6319 1763 Jenny.Downs@ ...

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This paper examines whether a Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy affects the child's lung function predisposition towards lung disease such as asthma. ...

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• 2014
• May 2014

Lung damage in children with CF occurs much earlier than previously thought, and proving this is related to the decline that occurs later will create new paradigms for prevention and treatment. ...

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The lung clearance index may be a useful surveillance tool for monitoring the presence and extent of lower airway inflammation and infection ...

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• 2017
• September 2017

Early onset Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), including obesity, allergies, and mental ill-health in childhood, present a serious and increasing threat to lifelong health and longevity. The ORIGINS Project (ORIGINS) addresses the urgent need for multidisciplinary efforts to understand the detrimental multisystem impacts of modern environments using well-curated large-scale longitudinal biological sample collections. ...

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• 2023
• July 2023

To report on knowledge translation strategies and outcomes from the implementation of the early detection guidelines for cerebral palsy (CP) in a state-wide tertiary early intervention (EI) service and investigate the impact of social determinants on clinical services. ...

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• 2022
• November 2022

Parental experience of TOBY was positive when use of the application aligned with parental proficiency, opportunities for use, and importantly, the needs of the child ...

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• 2019
• May 2019

Efforts to eliminate ARF and RHD in Australia over the past decade have so far been unsuccessful, but this can change ...

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• 2019
• September 2019

Apart from comorbidities and patient-level characteristics, readmissions after stroke/transient ischemic attack were associated with discharge destination ...

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• 2020
• February 2020

In this report, we present a protocol for a geospatial meta-analysis to investigate the spatial patterns of TB prevalence in Ethiopia ...

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• 2020
• May 2020

The age-standardized disability-adjusted life years rates in the Eastern Mediterranean Region are considerably higher than the global average. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• August 2017