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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• 2021
• July 2021

This study aimed to summarize the attributes that have been examined in existing peer-reviewed studies of Australian consumer nutrition environments ...

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• 2018
• May 2018

Longitudinal analyses showed that for each increase in liquor stores over time, alcohol consumption increased ...

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• 2017
• February 2017

Evidence suggests consumption of a Mediterranean diet (MD) can positively impact both maternal and offspring health, potentially mediated by a beneficial effect on inflammatory pathways. We aimed to apply metabolic profiling of serum and urine samples to assess differences between women who were stratified into high and low alignment to a MD throughout pregnancy and investigate the relationship of the diet to inflammatory markers.   ...

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• 2023
• December 2023

Having a walkable built environment is important to encourage active school transport. The aim of this study was to measure the walkability of all Perth, Western Australian schools and investigate whether differences in walkability exist by school type, socioeconomic status and/or subregion.  ...

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• 2024
• April 2024

Pesticide exposure is a suspected risk factor for childhood cancer. We investigated the risk of developing childhood cancer in relation to parental occupational exposure to pesticides in Switzerland for the period 1990-2015. ...

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• 2020
• August 2020

Amongst pregnant Australian women we aimed to ascertain vaccine information received, maternal immunisation uptake and attitudes and concerns regarding vaccines ...

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• 2017
• August 2017

Key messages from the abstracts presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress ...

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• 2016
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In 2009 over 40 leading researchers and academics from across Australia signed the Boatshed Racism Roundtable Declaration that proposed four areas of action... ...

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• 2015
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Gina Heather Trapp Croll GT HC BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD BHSc ARC DECRA Fellow & Head of Food and Nutrition Research Program Coordinator 0410 589 374 08 6319 1469 Gina.Trapp@telethonkids.org.au Heather.McKee@telethonkids.org.au ARC DECRA Fellow & ...

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This population-based study investigated the association of BMI and other predictors with gestational diabetes mellitus among Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal mothers. We conducted a state-wide retrospective cohort study that included all singleton births in Western Australia between 2012 and 2015 using population health datasets linked by the Western Australian Data Linkage Branch. ...

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• 2023
• December 2023

The diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever relies on a combination of clinical evaluation and laboratory studies. Diagnosis is usually made using the Jones criteria, which have recently been updated in 2015. ...

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• 2021
• January 2021