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The effectiveness of a Consumer Centred Tobacco Management (CCTM) approach in enabling mental health consumers to reduce or quit smoking

The aim of this pilot study is to test if the CCTM approach is more effective than business as usual methods at supporting mental health consumers to reduce their tobacco dependence or quit smoking altogether.

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What risk does underlying trimethoprim resistance pose for the development of cotrimoxazole-resistant skin infections

Tim Barnett PhD Head, Strep A Pathogenesis and Diagnostics timothy.barnett@thekids.org.au Head, Strep A Pathogenesis and Diagnostics Tim has worked

Antenatal Sample Collection

Instructions on the various antenatal samples collected by the Origins project and how to collect them.

Student opportunities

The Children's Diabetes Centre provides student opportunities for integrated research and clinical projects across all our research areas.

News & Events

Sports Coaching Resources

Developing educational exercise resources to improve awareness and knowledge of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) within community sport settings. Community

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Face-to-face clinics set to resume

With COVID-19 currently under control in WA, Perth Children's Hospital's diabetes Service is beginning to plan for a return to best practice face-to-face care in clinics in the coming months.

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Combating glucose rises after meals - new study

Participants are needed for a new Children's Diabates Centre study looking at the patterns in glucose rise after meals.

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New Aboriginal Cultural Guidance Advisor appointed

The Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases has appointed Mrs Valerie Swift to a newly created Aboriginal Cultural Guidance Advisor position.

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Co-designing a trauma-informed program for parents whose infant has had a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) admission

Having a newborn child admitted into a NICU can be highly traumatic for parents. The compounding effects of the NICU clinical environment, having a seriously ill child, in addition to the inability to care or adequately bond with your child can be extremely distressing.

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A systematic review of the biological, social, and environmental determinants of intellectual disability in children and adolescents

This systematic review aimed to identify the most important social, environmental, biological, and/or genetic risk factors for intellectual disability.