The Western Australian Telethon Kids Institute Participation Program employs a range of methods for fostering active involvement of community members in its... ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2015
• May 2015

A minority of 4- to 17-year-olds with ADHD and major depressive disorder were being treated with stimulant or antidepressant medication ...

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• 2017
• March 2017

A survey of 136 articles published in 2019 (sampled at random) was conducted to determine whether a statement about missing data was included. ...

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• 2022
• May 2022

Francis Sarah Mitrou Johnson FG SJ BEc BA, PostGradDip; PhD Program Head, Population Health, and Team Head, Human Development and Community Wellbeing Senior Research Fellow 08 6319 1499 francis.mitrou@telethonkids.org.au Sarah.Johnson@ ...

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Most risk factors for respiratory hospital admissions in young people with cerebral palsy are potentially modifiable ...

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• 2018
• December 2018

The typical number of visits to health professionals by children with mental disorders during a 12-month period is relatively small ...

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• 2018
• October 2018

The following sections of this report result from a project undertaken to develop a theoretically-framed survey tool for use in monitoring and evaluating... ...

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• 2013
• January 2013

Broad community acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccination will be critical for effectively halting the spread of the virus. In this study, we focus on factors that differentiate those who are undecided from those who are either willing or unwilling to accept a prospective COVID-19 vaccine. An online survey in May 2020 assessed Australian adults' willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine (yes, maybe, no). A multinomial logistical regression of responses (N = 1,313) was used to identify correlates of vaccine willingness between the three groups. ...

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• 2021
• January 2021

This study tested a new program for helping smokers with severe mental illness to reduce their tobacco use, together with determining the feasibility of such research in community mental health settings in Australia. ...

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• 2020
• October 2020

Amongst pregnant Australian women we aimed to ascertain vaccine information received, maternal immunisation uptake and attitudes and concerns regarding vaccines ...

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• 2017
• August 2017

Studies on health insurance coverage often rely on measures self-reported by respondents, but the accuracy of such measures has not been thoroughly validated. This paper is the first to use linked Australian National Health Survey and administrative population tax data to explore the accuracy of self-reported private health insurance (PHI) coverage in survey data. ...

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• 2023
• August 2023

The current findings showed that involvement in any bullying behaviour was associated with increased risk of concurrent mental health problems ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• September 2017