With well-established evidence that early life conditions have a profound influence on lifespan and health-span, new interventional birth cohorts are examining ways to optimise health potential of individuals and communities. These are aimed at going beyond preventing disease, to the conditions that facilitate flourishing from an early age. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• May 2021

Systematic review of the treatment, prevention and public health control of skin infections in resource-limited settings where skin infections are endemic ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• March 2019

The existing literature exploring the experiences of parenting a trans child tends toward reporting the challenging aspects of the parental journey. Studies also reference positive experiences such as enhanced parent-child connectedness and affirmation of personal values. Limited dedicated research focused on the positive aspects of parenting a trans child exists. We aimed to better understand positive parental experiences accordingly. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• December 2023

General practitioners (GPs) have a key role in supporting young people who present with suicidal behaviour/self-harm. However, little is known about young people's opinions and experiences related to GPs' practices for such presentations, and their decisions to disclose suicidal behaviour/self-harm to GPs. Additionally, existing guidelines for the management of suicide risk and/or self-harm have not incorporated young people's perspectives. This study aimed to explore young people's views and experiences related to the identification, assessment and care of suicidal behaviour and self-harm in primary care settings with GPs. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• October 2020

To assess whether lung volume and ventilation inhomogeneity in preterm infants at 15-18 months corrected age ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2010
• April 2010

We reflect on the lessons learned from a recent genome‐wide association study of rheumatic heart disease with Aboriginal Australian participants ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• March 2020

Depression and anxiety are often first experienced during childhood and adolescence, and interest in the prevention of these disorders is growing. The focus of this review was to assess the effectiveness of psychological prevention programs delivered in schools, and to provide an update to our previous review from five years ago (Werner-Seidler, Perry, Calear, Newby, & Christensen, 2017). ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• November 2021

To assess the relative effectiveness of topical versus systemic antibiotics for people with chronic suppurative otitis media ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• June 2018

Despite the substantial burden of lung disease throughout childhood in children who were born very preterm, there are no evidence-based interventions to improve lung health beyond the neonatal period. We tested the hypothesis that inhaled corticosteroid improves lung function in this population. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• August 2023

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives were to assess the efficacy and safety of whole‐cell pertussis (wP) vaccinations in comparison to acellular pertussis (aP) vaccinations in early infancy for the prevention of atopic diseases in children. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• July 2020

Asha Jonathan Marianne Tim Bowen Carapetis AM Mullane Barnett AC JR MM TB BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS BSc (OT) PhD Team Lead, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Executive Director; Head, Strep A Translation; Co-Founder of ...

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Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) are a major cause of hospitalisation in young children ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2010
• December 2010