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Australasian Research Summaries

The Australasian Research Summaries were generated by CoLab for the Evidence for Learning website in partnership with Edith Cowan University and Fraser Mustard Centre.

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Factors associated with respiratory morbidity in children, adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy

The primary aim of this study is to identify the predictors and prevalence of severe respiratory disease in children, adolescents and young adults with CP.

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Psychosocial moderators of associations between life events and changes in physical activity after leaving high school

This study examines the associations between life events & changes in leisure-time physical activity after leaving high school in young people from rural...

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Der p 11 is a major allergen for house dust mite-allergic patients suffering from atopic dermatitis

House dust mites (HDMs) belong to the most potent indoor allergen sources worldwide and are associated with allergic manifestations in the respiratory tract.

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A prospective cohort study comparing the reactogenicity of trivalent influenza vaccine in pregnant and non-pregnant women.

Influenza vaccination during pregnancy can prevent serious illness in expectant mothers and provide protection to newborns...

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Human infant memory B cell and CD4+ T cell responses to HibMenCY-TT glyco- conjugate vaccine

Carrier-specific T cell and polysaccharide-specific B cell memory responses are not well characterised in infants following glyco-conjugate vaccination.

Midaiah

  Midaiah Age 19. Youth advocate, project community member.             Research is critical as it informs strategy and helps build a greater

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Addressing the relationship between racism and inequality in suicide...

In 2009 over 40 leading researchers and academics from across Australia signed the Boatshed Racism Roundtable Declaration that proposed four areas of action...

Emma

  Emma Age 22. Youth advocate, Youth Advisory Group & Science Team community member.         Research is the answer to our problems, I think research

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Social environmental risk factors for transition to psychosis in an Ultra-High Risk population.

Despite social environmental factors such as deprivation, urbanicity, migration and adversity being established risk factors for psychotic disorders...

Sarah

  Sarah Mum of two, Summer and Andre Jnr. Project community member.           Having lived in a remote Aboriginal community, Looma, for many years it

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A prospective ultrasound study of prenatal growth in infant siblings of children with autism

Numerous studies have observed that a proportion of infants later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience accelerated head growth...

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Consultation to Translation: Evaluation of an environmental health video to promote the role of environmental health activities for healthy skin

Asha John Jonathan Marianne Bowen Jacky Carapetis AM Mullane BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD FAHMS OAM AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS BSc (OT) Head,

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Birthweight and childhood cancer: Preliminary findings from the international childhood cancer cohort consortium (I4C)

Background Evidence relating childhood cancer to high birthweight is derived primarily from registry and case-control studies.

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SITting with communities to SToP skin infections

Asha John Jonathan Marianne Bowen Jacky Carapetis AM Mullane BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD FAHMS OAM AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS BSc (OT) Head,

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Optimization is required when using linked hospital and laboratory data to investigate respiratory infections

Despite a recommendation for microbiological testing, only 45% of children hospitalized for respiratory infections in our previous data linkage study linked...

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Resilience and Diabetes 2 (the RAD2 study)

Investigators: Anna Hunt, Ashleigh Lin  Stress and anxiety are significant problems in children and adolescence with type 1 diabetes. Not only do

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A study to determine the safety and immunogenicity of 10-valent and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in Papua New Guinean children

Deborah Peter Peter Lehmann Jacoby Richmond AO, MBBS, MSc BA (Hons) MSc MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Honorary Emeritus Fellow Biostatistician Head, Vaccine

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Pacific Early Age Readiness and Learning (PEARL) Programme in Tonga

The (PEARL) Programme, implemented by the World Bank, aims to support Pacific Island Countries in building capacity to design, implement, and monitor evidence-based policies and programs for primary schools.