This chapter describes the challenges experienced by Aboriginal people in their efforts to negotiate Australian society ...

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Benzathine penicillin G availability should be addressed and African health workers’ knowledge and practices need to be augmented ...

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Benzathine penicillin G is an important antibiotic for the treatment and prevention of group A streptococcal infections associated with rheumatic fever and... ...

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We explore the acceptability of a novel, outreached-based approach to improve primary and primordial prevention of Strep A skin sores, sore throats and acute rheumatic fever in remote Aboriginal communities. A comprehensive prevention program delivered by trained Aboriginal Community Workers was evaluated using approximately fortnightly household surveys about health and housing and clinical records. ...

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Jenefer Timo Blackwell Lassmann JM T BSc with First Class Honours, PhD, DSc, FMedSci, FAA BSc (Hons) MSc PhD Head, Genetics & Health Feilman Fellow; Program Head, Precision Health and Team Lead, Computational Biology Jenefer.Blackwell@ ...

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ow Protein Kinase C zeta (PKCζ) levels in cord blood T cells (CBTC) have been shown to correlate with the development of allergic sensitization in childhood. However, little is known about the mechanisms responsible. We have examined the relationship between the expression of different levels of PKCζ in CBTC and their development into mature T cell cytokine producers that relate to allergy or anti‐allergy promoting cells. ...

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Develop evidence-based recommendations about the use of prebiotics in the prevention of allergy ...

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This paper is a review about the importance of alterations to the DNA molecule, rather than the DNA sequence, in the development of the immune system, and... ...

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Susan Prescott SL MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP Honorary Research Fellow susan.prescott@telethonkids.org.au Honorary Research Fellow Susan Prescott is a Professor of Paediatrics in the School of Medicine at the University of Western Australia. She is a ...

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The concept of planetary health blurs the artificial lines between health at scales of person, place, and planet. It emphasizes the interconnected grand challenges of our time, and underscores the need for integration of biological, psychological, social, and cultural aspects of health in the modern environment. Here, in our Viewpoint article, we revisit vaccine pioneer Jonas Salk’s contention that wisdom is central to the concept of planetary health. ...

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• 2021
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The term “Anthropocene Syndrome” describes the wicked interrelated challenges of our time. We expand the discourse on positive social contagion and argue that empowerment through education can help lead to an information transformation with the aim of flourishing along every link in the person, place and planet continuum. ...

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These data highlight that antigen administration to the neonate through the oral route may contribute to child allergic sensitization and have important... ...

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