Children with ADHD are disadvantaged from an early age in key areas of learning, and this risk increased with reduction in gestational age at birth ...

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• 2020
• July 2020

Documenting carer, service provider and healthcare practitioner perspectives on skin infections provides more understanding of the context of treatment decisions ...

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• 2019
• September 2019

Respiratory viruses, particularly respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus, are major contributors to pneumonia in Australian children ...

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• 2019
• March 2019

The aim was to document the aetiology of acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) hospitalisations in Western Australian children ...

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• 2012
• January 2012

Asha Janessa Dylan Jonathan Bowen Pickering Barth Carapetis AM Acknowledgement of Research Study Team Members Publications to date AC Dr DB JR We thank the following people for their contributions to the Missing Piece Surveillance Study: Telethon ...

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The trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine is safe, immunogenic, provides clinical protection and should be administered annually to immunosuppressed children receiving treatment for cancer ...

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• 2016
• February 2016

About 2 per cent of children are estimated to have an intellectual disability. The cause of the condition is unknown in at least 50 per cent of cases. ...

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We used population data on Western Australian singletons born from 1984 to 1999 (n = 398,353) to examine the sociodemographic characteristics of children... ...

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• 2011
• March 2011

The social media application TikTok allows users to view and upload short-form videos. Recent evidence suggests it has significant potential for both industry and health promoters to influence public health behaviours. This protocol describes a standardised, replicable process for investigations that can be tailored to various areas of research interest, allowing comparison of content and features across public health topics. ...

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• 2023
• March 2023

Gastrostomy is increasingly used in multiple neurological conditions associated with intellectual disability, with no apparent accessibility barriers ...

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• 2019
• March 2019

Complementary feeding induces dramatic ecological shifts in the infant gut microbiota toward more diverse compositions and functional metabolic capacities, with potential implications for immune and metabolic health. The aim of this study was to examine whether the age at which solid foods are introduced differentially affects the microbiota in predominantly breastfed infants compared with predominantly formula-fed infants.  ...

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• 2024
• January 2024

In a sunny country such as Australia, it’s important to identify how to achieve the right amount of sun exposure for good health. We need to be able to harness the benefits of vitamin D and sunlight while remaining protected from the proven dangers of too much UV radiation. ...

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