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Prevalence and predictors of vitamin D deficiency in a nationally representative sample of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adultsVitamin D deficiency (serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentration <50 nmol/l) is recognised as a public health problem globally. The present study details the prevalence and predictors of vitamin D deficiency in a nationally representative sample of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults aged >/=18 years.
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Probabilistic linkage of national immunisation and state-based health records for a cohort of 1.9 million births to evaluate Australia’s childhood immunisation programTo describe the process for assembling a linked study that will enable the conduct of population-based studies related to immunisation and immunisation policy.
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Maternal and family factors and child eating pathology: Risk and protective relationshipsThis study aimed to identify maternal and family factors that may predict increases or decreases in child eating disorder symptoms over time, accounting for...
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The association between prenatal environment and children’s mental health trajectories from 2 to 14 yearsThis study aimed to elucidate how an adverse prenatal environment, as defined by the presence of a number of known prenatal risk factors, would influence...
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Mental health problems among 4–17-year-olds with hearing problems: results from a nationally representative studyClinicians caring for children and young people with hearing problems should be alert for heightened risk of specific mental health problems based on age and the nature of hearing problems.
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The effectiveness of influenza vaccination in preventing hospitalisation in children in Western AustraliaThis study aimed to determine the vaccine effectiveness of the southern hemisphere trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) in preventing...
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Bold bid to end rheumatic heart diseaseSome of the nation’s leading medical researchers will converge on Darwin this week to step out a plan to wipe out rheumatic heart disease.
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Tribute to Dr Clyde HertzmanResearchers at Perth's The Kids for Child Health Research are mourning the sudden passing of Canadian child development expert Dr Clyde Hertzman
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A randomised-controlled trial of a parent-mediated intervention for managing uncertainty in young children diagnosed on the autism spectrumGail Andrew Videos Alvares Whitehouse Watch and listen to Andrew PhD PhD Senior Research Fellow Deputy Director (Research); Angela Wright Bennett
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Early Irritability as a Transdiagnostic Neurodevelopmental Vulnerability to Later Mental Health ProblemsIrritability is a common trait seen in children. While expressions of irritability are part of normal development, servere irritability is a known indicator of child and adolescent mental health problems.