This chapter focuses on the management of those with hearing impairment, and how tele-audiological tools and approaches may assist to improve service delivery ...

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Skin infections are an under-appreciated and dominant reason for presentation to primary healthcare centres in these indigenous communities ...

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Mental ill-health, substance use and their co-occurrence among sexuality diverse young people during earlier adolescence is relatively understudied. The preventive utility of positive school climate for sexuality diverse adolescents' mental health is also unclear, as well as the role of teachers in conferring this benefit. ...

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Children have a universal right to live free from exposure to family and domestic violence (FDV). Children exposed to FDV can experience long-term effects on their physical and psychological health and their social competencies including social, emotional, and cognitive skills and behaviours that underpin successful social adaptation and academic achievement. The aim of this study was to investigate if children exposed to FDV were more likely to be vulnerable on school readiness measures compared to those children who were not exposed. ...

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Tom Snelling T BMBS DTMH GDipClinEpid PhD FRACP Head, Infectious Disease Implementation Research 08 6319 1817 tom.snelling@telethonkids.org.au Head, Infectious Disease Implementation Research Professor Tom Snelling is Head of the Infectious Disease ...

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Otitis media has a high prevalence in childhood, and grommet insertion is the most common surgical treatment for OM. The public health system in Australia faces considerable strains, including high demand for Ear, Nose and Throat specialists. Extending the scope of practice for audiologists to manage post-operative care for children receiving grommets has the potential to alleviate this burden. ...

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The Advisory Council on the Prevention of Deaths of Children and Young People today officially released this report. ...

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The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between nasopharyngeal pneumococcal colonization in early life and the development of T cell responses. ...

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PPV is immunogenic in 9-month-old children at high risk of pneumococcal infections and does not affect the capacity to produce protective immune responses ...

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Pneumococcal surface protein A is immunogenic and natural anti-PspA immune responses are acquired through exposure and develop with age ...

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Desiree Jackie Lisa Susan Silva Davis Gibson Prescott DS JD LG SL MBBS, FRACP, MPH, PhD BSc (Hons) BA (Hons), MPsych, PhD MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP Co-Head, The ORIGINS Project Co-Head, The ORIGINS Project Research Fellow, The ORIGINS Project Honorary ...

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Genevieve Sarra Jenefer Syn Jamieson Blackwell GS SE JM BSc (Hons), PhD BSc (Hons) MSc PhD BSc with First Class Honours, PhD, DSc, FMedSci, FAA Research Officer Senior Research Fellow Head, Genetics & Health (08) 6319 1549 Genevieve.syn@ ...

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