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Physical activity is critical during the early years of life for a child’s health and development.
In partnership with Aboriginal health services, Government agencies and communities, we will develop and implement evidence-based strategies to improve the detection and management of chronic wet cough in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
This project aims to determine the prevalence of chronic wet cough, PBB and middle ear disease in Aboriginal children in Aboriginal communities in the Kimberley.
Researchers in the Child Health, Development and Education Team support a number of projects financed by the World Bank and the Global Partnership for Education to promote early learning and development in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR).
Large numbers of children need emergency medical treatment each year for respiratory illnesses, particularly for wheezing and asthma.
The greatest threat to children’s health in the future is environmental change, including climate change. The Future Child Health project aims to quantify how current and future environmental changes affect child health.
Mary Brushe BPsych(Hons), PhD (Public Health) Senior Research Officer, Epidemiology mary.brushe@thekids.org.au Senior Research Officer, Epidemiology
Keely Leanne Bebbington Fried MClinPsych/PhD BSc DipEd MSpEd EdD McCusker Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Type 1 Diabetes Senior Research Fellow 08
Keely Leanne Amy Bebbington Fried Finlay-Jones MClinPsych/PhD BSc DipEd MSpEd EdD BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych)
Kefyalew Alene BSc, MPH, PhD Head, Geospatial and Tuberculosis 0404705064 Kefyalew.alene@thekids.org.au Honorary Research Fellow Dr Kefyalew Alene