The mental health and wellbeing of young people has important consequences for students and society. Schools are a logical environment for management and early intervention of wellbeing, mental health and engagement with school. Interventions aimed at improving mental health and wellbeing in education systems requires knowledge of how wellbeing is clustered at a school level. Cluster-randomised trials, and regression analyses of such data also require knowledge of clustering. ...

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• 2022
• December 2022

This qualitative study used in-depth interviews to explore adolescent girls’ perceptions of sexualized images they typically find when using social media. Twenty-four participants aged 14–17 years described sexualized images of females as normalized on social media. The interplay between gendered and social norms that endorsed and rewarded girls for posting sexualized images was seen to influence an expectation for girls to conform with their peers and post such images of themselves. ...

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• 2023
• April 2023

We developed the iOS smartphone app Sun Safe to support healthy sun practices in young teenagers (aged 12-13 years). The production involved co-design with young co-researchers (ie, aged 12-13 years) with a health message of using sun protection when the UV index is ≥3. Important features include real-time and location-specific weather data on the UV index and gamified educational content. ...

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• 2022
• August 2022

Residents of rural areas internationally typically experience chronic disease risk profiles worse than city dwellers. Poor diet, a key driver of chronic disease, has been associated with unhealthy food environments, and rural areas often experience limited access to healthy, fresh and affordable food. ...

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• 2022
• July 2022

Glenn Jonathan Katharine Rosemary Pearson Carapetis AM Noonan Wyber G JR KN R BA (Education) PhD Candidate AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS MBBS (Hons) MSc MBChB MPH FRACGP PhD Director of First Nations Strategy and Leadership Executive Director; ...

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Francis Glenn Steve Sarah Mitrou Pearson Zubrick Johnson FG G SR SJ BEc BA (Education) PhD Candidate FASSA, FAAMHS, MSc AM PhD BA, PostGradDip; PhD Program Head, Population Health, and Team Head, Human Development and Community Wellbeing Director of ...

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These data highlight the importance of recognising Sporotrichosis in children outside an outbreak setting ...

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• 2020
• March 2020

A summary of the literature regarding the use of adjunctive protein synthesis inhibitors for toxin suppression in the setting of S. aureus infections is presented ...

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• 2019
• January 2019

Gina Matt Francis Trapp Cooper Mitrou GT MC FG BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD BCA Marketing, BSc Statistics and Applied Statistics, PhD BEc ARC DECRA Fellow & Head of Food and Nutrition Research Manager, Biometrics Program Head, Population Health, and ...

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Christopher Jennifer Peter Blyth Kent Richmond CC J PC MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD RN MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Director, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases; Co-Head, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines ...

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Itraconazole remains a first-line antifungal agent for certain fungal infections in children, including allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) and sporotrichosis, but poor attainment of therapeutic drug levels is frequently observed with available oral formulations. A formulation of 'SUper BioAvailability itraconazole' (SUBA-itraconazole; Lozanoc®) has been developed, with adult studies demonstrating rapid and reliable attainment of therapeutic levels, yet paediatric data are lacking. ...

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• 2021
• January 2021

Large variation in antibiotic prescribing amongst clinicians is demonstrated and increased, corresponding with escalating case complexity and persisting MRSA bacteraemia ...

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• 2019
• June 2019