Reports and Findings
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Tasmania’s child and family centres building parenting capability: a mixed methods studyThis mixed methods study investigated the impact of Tasmania’s Child and Family Centres on parents’ confidence and competence
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Designs on Narrative: A Design-Based Method to Elicit Young People’s Narratives About Electronic Image-Sharing Issues and InterventionsThe narrative structure innate to the Design Thinking process offered a picture of electronic image-sharing problems and related solutions from young people’s perspectives
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School-based promotion of mental health and wellbeing to address bullyingThe complexity of an issue such as school bullying and how this is best addressed as part of a systematic whole-school approach
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A Comparison of the Motor Skills of Young People in a Youth Detention Centre with Diagnosed Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Prenatal Alcohol ExposureVisual motor integration and handwriting skills were often impaired in this population of young people in a youth detention centre
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Delay in commencement of palliative care service episodes provided to Indigenous and non-Indigenous patientsAlthough the timeliness benchmark is being met for Indigenous Australians in palliative care, they may experience delayed initiation of care episodes
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Age at menarche and childhood body mass index as predictors of cardio-metabolic risk in young adulthood: A prospective cohort studyEarlier age at menarche may be indicative of a higher risk profile for cardiovascular disease in young adulthood
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How many doses make a difference? An analysis of secondary prevention of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart diseaseincreased adherence to penicillin prophylaxis is associated with reduced acute rheumatic fever recurrence and a likely reduction in mortality
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Integration of genetics and miRNA-target gene network identified disease biology implicated in tissue specificityOur result highlighted that miRNA-target gene network contributes to human disease genetics in a cell type-specific manner
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Human Primary Epithelial Cell Models: Promising Tools in the Era of Cystic Fibrosis Personalized MedicineIn this Review, we consolidate the latest updates in the development of primary epithelial cellular model systems relevant for cystic fibrosis
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Dysregulated IL-1β-GM-CSF Axis in Acute Rheumatic Fever That Is Limited by HydroxychloroquineWe propose that hydroxychloroquine could be repurposed to reduce the risk of rheumatic heart disease after acute rheumatic fever