Amy Juliet Vincent Keerthi Professor Catherine Finlay-Jones Brook Mancini Kottampally Elliott AFJ JB VOM KK CE BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych) BBiomedSci PhD (Clinical Psychology) Bsc (Hons), GradDipPsych(Adv) PhD, BSc ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Projects

Children with otitis media (OM) experience long waiting times to access Australia's public hospitals due to limited capacity. The aim of this article is to utilize an Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) telehealth service (the Ear Portal) to examine whether delayed access to specialist care is associated with poorer behavioral outcomes for children with OM. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• December 2023

To evaluate the participation difficulties experienced by children with developmental coordination disorder in home, school, and community environments.   ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2024
• April 2024

Strong evidence supports our current understandings of student bullying behaviours and ways schools can prevent and respond effectively to bullying behaviour. In the late 1990’s, however, little was understood about the most effective ways to reduce bullying in Australian schools. In response to schools’ need for evidence-informed action, a pipeline of research called Friendly Schools was initiated in 1999 which for the past twenty years, has provided robust whole-school evidence-based knowledge and skills to support policy makers, school staff and other practitioners working in schools and families across Australia. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• September 2021

Birth order effects have been linked to variability in intelligence, educational attainment and sexual orientation. First- and later-born children have been linked to an increased likelihood of an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnosis, with a smaller body of evidence implicating decreases in cognitive functioning with increased birth order. The present study investigated the potential association between birth order and ASD diagnostic phenotypes in a large and representative population sample. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• November 2020

Alix Helen Keely Rigel Nicole Woolard Milroy Bebbington Paciente Wickens AW HM KB RP NW BPsych (Hons), PhD MBBS; FRANZCP; CATCAP MClinPsych/PhD MPH (Applied Public Health and Public Health Methodology), BSc (Anatomy and Human Biology) BHlthSc (Hons) ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Projects

Each day of school missed makes a difference, with the effect on learning accumulating over time. From an early age, if children are taught that they need to 'show up' for school and make a commitment, this positive mentality aids academic and career success and brings benefits in adulthood. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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A minority of 4- to 17-year-olds with ADHD and major depressive disorder were being treated with stimulant or antidepressant medication ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• March 2017

We compared mortality and morbidity of inborn versus outborn very preterm infants <32 weeks' gestation in Western Australia (WA) between 2005 and 2018 ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• February 2023

This study tested a new program for helping smokers with severe mental illness to reduce their tobacco use, together with determining the feasibility of such research in community mental health settings in Australia. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• October 2020

To investigate the long-term effects of early-life recurrent otitis media (OM) and subsequent behavioural problems in children at the age of 10 years. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• November 2023

Determining the association between drug use and suicide is complicated but can help to inform targeted suicide prevention strategies.  ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• November 2023