To identify and characterise appropriate comparison groups for population studies of health outcomes in ART-conceived births: ovulation induction (OI), subfertile untreated and fertile natural conceptions. Our secondary objective was to examine whether known risks of pregnancy complications and adverse birth outcomes in ART births are elevated in comparison with subfertile (untreated and OI) conception groups. ...

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• 2024
• March 2024

Carrington Shepherd CCJ PhD Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research Associate Areas of research expertise: Population health; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health; Social inequalities in health; child mortality. Carrington is a Senior ...

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This study examined whether parent-reported atypical development in their child's first year was associated with age of diagnosis and age when parents first needed to consult a specialist about their child's development. ...

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• 2023
• July 2023

At the halfway mark for implementation of the Sustainable Development Agenda, progress towards achieving targets centred on child health and development has decelerated, impeding the survival and potential of many children. The Lancet Series on optimising child and adolescent health and development called for renewed efforts to nurture the health and development of all children. ...

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• 2023
• August 2023

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is an umbrella term to describe a range of effects from prenatal alcohol exposure including fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). ...

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• 2013
• September 2013

Pre-eclampsia is a common complication of pregnancy and is a major cause of fetal maternal mortality and morbidity. ...

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• 2013
• February 2013

To evaluate health professionals' agreement with components of published diagnostic criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in order to guide... ...

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• 2012
• October 2012

To investigate whether maternal coffee and/or tea consumption during the last 6 months of pregnancy was associated with risk of childhood ALL. ...

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• 2011
• February 2011

The objective of this study was to investigate whether maternal coffee and/or tea consumption during the last 6 months of pregnancy was associated with risk... ...

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• 2011
• January 2011

The Australian Study of Causes of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Children (Aus-ALL) was designed to test the hypothesis, raised by a previous Western Australia ...

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• 2010
• June 2010

Desiree Silva DS MBBS, FRACP, MPH, PhD Co-Head, The ORIGINS Project Co-Head, The ORIGINS Project Professor Desiree Silva is co-director for the ORIGINS Project and a professor of paediatrics at the University of Western Australia and Joondalup ...

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Mary Brushe MB BPsych(Hons), PhD (Public Health) Senior Research Officer 08 6375 6102 mary.brushe@telethonkids.org.au Senior Research Officer @marybrushe she/her/hers Dr Brushe is a Senior Research Officer at Telethon Kids Institute whose research ...

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