There is a lack of data on the out-of-hospital burden of acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in developed countries. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2012
• August 2012

We investigated predictors of nasopharyngeal carriage in Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2011
• June 2011

Deborah Lea-Ann Peter Peter Ruth Lehmann Kirkham Jacoby Richmond Thornton D LK PJ PC RT AO, MBBS, MSc PhD BA (Hons) MSc MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP PhD Honorary Emeritus Fellow Co-Head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group; Microbiology Lead, ...

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Christopher Hannah Peter Peter Blyth Moore Jacoby Richmond CC HC PJ PC MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD OAM BSc (Hons) GradDipClinEpi PhD BA (Hons) MSc MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Director, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases; Co-Head, ...

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Individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are at a substantial risk of harm to themselves and others, experience high levels of functional impairment and typically are high users of tertiary healthcare to address their mental health concerns. As indicators for BPD typically emerge in adolescence, a day therapy service in Bentley, Western Australia, Touchstone Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), was developed as an intensive intervention for adolescents with indicators for BPD and its associated symptomology. ...

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• 2023
• April 2023

School bullying is a public health concern affecting the physical and mental health of children and young people. While school-based interventions to prevent bullying have been developed internationally, the effectiveness of many interventions has been mixed and modest. ...

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• 2022
• October 2022

Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children in rural/remote areas suffer high rates of persistent otitis media (OM) from early infancy. We aimed to determine the proportion of Aboriginal infants living in an urban area who have OM and investigate associated risk factors. ...

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• 2023
• February 2023

This paper describes a mathematical model used to predict when an epidemic of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) will occur so that preventive measures, such... ...

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• 2014
• June 2014

The maternal experience of stressful events during pregnancy has been associated with a number of adverse consequences for behavioral development offspring... ...

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• 2011
• January 2011

Debbie Susan Desiree Rachelle Palmer Prescott Silva Pretorius D SL DS RP BSc BND PhD MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP MBBS, FRACP, MPH, PhD MSc (Nutrition), RNutr, PhD Head, Early Life & Life-Course Health Program; Team Lead, Nutrition in Early Life Honorary ...

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To assess potential benefits and direct healthcare cost savings with expansion of an existing childhood influenza immunisation program, we developed a dynamic transmission model for the state of Western Australia, evaluating increasing coverage in children < 5 years and routinely immunising school-aged children. ...

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• 2023
• December 2023

This study explored mental health profiles in Australian school students using indicators of well-being (i.e., optimism, life satisfaction, and happiness) and psychological distress (i.e., sadness and worries). The sample included 75,757 students (ages 8-18 years) who completed the 2019 South Australian Wellbeing and Engagement Collection. ...

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• 2024
• April 2024