Experiencing stigma is associated with a range of negative outcomes for people with mental health disorders. However, little is understood about the contemporary stigma experiences of young people with anxiety and depression. This study aimed to describe these experiences using semi-structured qualitative interviews. ...

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• 2024
• July 2024

To describe and explore carer quality of life and night-time attendance to their child in parents of non-ambulant youth with Neuromuscular Disorders. A cross-sectional population-based, comprehensive survey including the Adult Carer questionnaire, measures of social context and youths' physical status. Associations between carer-QoL or frequency of parents' night-time attendance with independent variables were explored using linear and logistic regression models, respectively. ...

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• 2021
• May 2021

Digital mental health is changing the landscape of service delivery by addressing challenges associated with traditional therapy. However, practitioners’ use of these resources remains underexamined. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2022
• August 2022

Father-child attachment during the first five years of life plays a vital role in child health and wellbeing but remains an under-researched area. Recently, self-compassion has emerged as a mechanism through which parent–child attachment may be optimized via its capacity to promote parental mental health and wellbeing, yet little is known about self-compassion among fathers specifically. ...

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• 2022
• October 2022

Mental wellbeing was independently associated with academic achievement and perceived family support but not with physical health variables ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2019
• January 2019

To test the hypothesis that maternal antenatal exposure to life stress events is associated with lower achievement in literacy and numeracy at age 10 years,... ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2012
• March 2012

In our study, we aimed to examine early infant feeding and adiposity risk in a longitudinal cohort from birth to young adulthood using new as well as... ...

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• 2014
• October 2014

Conflicting findings regarding the level of protection offered by seasonal influenza vaccination against pandemic influenza H1N1 have been reported. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2011
• August 2011

Yasmin Adrienne Harman-Smith Gregory YHS adrienne.gregory@telethonkids.org.au BA, BHlthSc(Hons), PhD BSocSci, MPhil Head, Early Years Systems Evidence; Head, Tenders Support Unit Project Officer Yasmin.harman-smith@telethonkids.org.au ...

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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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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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There is an urgent need to develop high-quality falls prevention services for older adults with intellectual disability ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2020
• May 2020