Compared with children who did not attend any type of childcare, children in centre-based care had higher parent-reported and teacher-reported externalising... ...

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The objective of this study was to examine the influence of aggressive behaviour scores on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors throughout childhood. ...

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• 2012
• August 2012

We used data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children to examine the reasons for 14-15 year old absences and how they relate to outcomes in year 9. ...

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• 2018
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Oral immunotherapy is effective at inducing desensitisation to allergens and induces sustained unresponsiveness (ie, clinical remission) in a subset of patients, but causes frequent reactions. We aimed to investigate whether addition of a probiotic adjuvant improved the efficacy or safety of peanut oral immunotherapy. ...

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• 2022
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Studies have reported a dose-dependent relationship between gestational age and poorer school readiness. The study objective was to quantify the risk of developmental vulnerability for children at school entry, associated with gestational age at birth and to understand the impact of sociodemographic and other modifiable risk factors on these relationships. Linkage of population-level birth registration, hospital, and perinatal datasets to the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC), enabled follow-up of a cohort of 64,810 singleton children, from birth to school entry in either 2009, 2012, or 2015. ...

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This article focuses on IgE-mediated food allergies and allergic rhinitis, the most commonly seen conditions in paediatric immunology. ...

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• 2014
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Parent–child book reading interventions alone are unlikely to meet needs of children and families for whom the absence of reading is psychosocial risk factor ...

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• 2016
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To investigate quality of life (QOL) and psychosocial well-being in youth with neuromuscular disorders (NMDs) who are wheelchair users. ...

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• 2017
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Early postnatal factors associated with fathers' persistent distress were identified, providing opportunities for early identification and targeted early... ...

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• 2014
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The United Nation, recognizing the importance of nutrition as a part of the challenges faced by humanity, and declared 2016-2025 the decade of nutrition. ...

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• 2017
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Ella Alix Carton Woolard EC AW Bsc (Hons) BPsych (Hons), PhD PhD Candidate Senior Research Fellow 08 6319 1823 Ella.carton@telethonkids.org.au Alix.woolard@telethonkids.org.au PhD Candidate Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Child Mental Health she/her ...

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There is a lack of evidence regarding the effect of dose, pattern and timing of prenatal alcohol exposure and behaviour problems in children aged 2 years. ...

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• 2010
• January 2010