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Plastics in Pregnancy (Phase One)
Mental health and wellness is critical to the overall wellbeing of a person, and can also impact on physical health. Researchers are exploring the mental wellbeing of mothers and their experience of motherhood and pregnancy, and effective support options available. Mental health development of the child is also explored, as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our ORIGINS families.
This project aims to investigate the impact of a non-severe burn injury on children's health for life.
Understanding how families engage with screen technologies and how it may influence child development
Reviewing the development and wellbeing of children, prior to them commencing kindergarten
The Happy Parenting Program is investigating new ways to provide support to parents with young children from an early age.
Get in Touch Dropping off a sample or attending a Kids Check appointment? Visit us at our Edgewater clinic. The Kids Joondalup Shop 51, Joondalup
Get in Touch Dropping off a sample or attending a Kids Check appointment? Visit us at our Edgewater clinic. The Kids Joondalup Shop 51, Joondalup
Research
Maternal Late-Pregnancy Serum Unmetabolized Folic Acid Concentrations Are Not Associated with Infant Allergic Disease: A Prospective Cohort StudyThe increase in childhood allergic disease in recent decades has coincided with increased folic acid intakes during pregnancy. Circulating unmetabolized folic acid (UMFA) has been proposed as a biomarker of excessive folic acid intake. We aimed to determine if late-pregnancy serum UMFA and total folate concentrations were associated with allergic disease risk in the offspring at 1 y of age in a population at high risk of allergy.