This study explores the differential impact of weather on time allocation to physical activity and sleep by children and their parents. We use nationally representative data with time use indicators objectively measured on multiple occasions for more than 1,100 child-parent pairs, coupled with daily meteorological data. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• July 2021

We examined the relationship between a maternal alcohol-use diagnosis, and the timing of diagnosis, and child protection outcomes in a WA population cohort. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• August 2017

Self-reported experiences of adolescents in population-based samples when completing health-related surveys on topics with varying potential for evoking distres ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• June 2018

Prevalence of overweight/obesity in children and youth with autism spectrum disorder, and associations between weight status and range of factors ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• November 2016

About 2 per cent of children are estimated to have an intellectual disability. The cause of the condition is unknown in at least 50 per cent of cases. ...

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Heatwaves have serious health impacts and we need a better approach to prevention and management ...

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• 2017
• September 2017

The Australian baby bonus maternity payment introduced in 2004 has been reported to have successfully increased fertility rates in Australia. We aimed to... ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2012
• November 2012

This commentary describes the likely impacts on children's health and wellbeing from climate change, based on the solid science of environmental child health. ...

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• 2015
• January 2015

We investigated whether the risk of adverse infant outcomes after assisted deliveries was different for mothers admitted as public or private patients for... ...

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• 2013
• April 2013

This study describes social and racial inequalities in poor fetal growth in Western Australia between 1984 and 2006. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2011
• February 2011

Despite the rates of low Apgar scores being higher in public patients, the rates of special care admission were lower. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• May 2013

Statistical time series derived from administrative data sets form key indicators in measuring progress. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2012
• July 2012