Asha Desiree Stephen Susan Bowen Silva Stick Prescott AC DS SM SL BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD MBBS, FRACP, MPH, PhD MB BChir PhD MRCP FRACP MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP Team Lead, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Co-Head, The ORIGINS Project Head, P4 ...

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Melissa O'Donnell M BPsych (Hons), MPsych, GradDip Ed, PhD Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research Associate Areas of research expertise: Child maltreatment and linked cross-jurisdictional data. Associate Professor Melissa O'Donnell holds an ...

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Desiree Peter Silva Richmond DS PC MBBS, FRACP, MPH, PhD MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Co-Head, The ORIGINS Project Head, Vaccine Trials Group Co-Head, The ORIGINS Project Head, Vaccine Trials Group Professor Desiree Silva is co-director for the ORIGINS ...

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Aboriginal children hospitalised with acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs) are at-risk of developing bronchiectasis, which can progress from untreated protracted bacterial bronchitis, often evidenced by a chronic (>4 weeks) wet cough following discharge. We aimed to facilitate follow-up for Aboriginal children hospitalised with ALRIs to provide optimal management and improve their respiratory health outcomes. ...

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Overview of Health Issues in School-aged Children with Down Syndrome ...

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• 2010
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Chronic illness in young children is a risk factor for reduced school readiness ...

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• 2016
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Developmental assessment of infants with fetal growth restriction was mostly comparable to those born without fetal growth restriction at 12 months ...

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• 2020
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Achieving healthy skin requires the prevention of infectious diseases that affect the skin. Prevention activities range from environmental health improvements to address inequities in living situations, through to community-wide treatment programs to reduce transmission and improve skin health. ...

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André Graham Ingrid Schultz Hall Laing AS GL IL MBChB, PhD, FRACP BAppSci PhD CRFS FANZSRS FThorSoc FERS BSc PhD Program Head, Respiratory Health RFA Honorary Research Associate Head, Children's Respiratory Science 6319 1828 Ingrid.laing@ ...

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This commentary describes the likely impacts on children's health and wellbeing from climate change, based on the solid science of environmental child health. ...

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• 2015
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Vitamin D deficiency (serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentration <50 nmol/l) is recognised as a public health problem globally. The present study details the prevalence and predictors of vitamin D deficiency in a nationally representative sample (n 3250) of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults aged ≥18 years. We used data from the 2012-2013 Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (AATSIHS). Serum 25(OH)D concentrations were measured by liquid chromatography-tandem MS. ...

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Findings were mixed, with support both for negative and for positive associations of central nervous 5-HT function with aggression in children and adolescents ...

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• 2019
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