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Final episode of Embracing the Mind's first seasonEmbracing the Mind host Dr Alix Woolard.
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Embrace Co-Director finalist in 2023 Premier's Science AwardsProfessor Ashleigh Lin was nominated for the Mid-Career Scientist of the Year.
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Celebrating Elders this NAIDOC WeekFamily: Children are a gift, born from country into a family, ancestry and culture as enduring as the universe.
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Embrace PhD scholarship recipients announcedSupport for mothers with severe mental illnesses and a greater understanding of young autistic LGBTQA+ people will receive funding, after Embrace’s PhD scholarship recipients were announced this month.
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Leading mental health champion recognised on 2023 Australia Day Honours ListProfessor Helen Milroy AM
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Nudging towards COVID-19 and influenza vaccination uptake in medically at-risk children: EPIC study protocol of randomised controlled trials in Australian paediatric outpatient clinicsChildren with chronic medical diseases are at an unacceptable risk of hospitalisation and death from influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections. Over the past two decades, behavioural scientists have learnt how to design non-coercive 'nudge' interventions to encourage positive health behaviours. Our study aims to evaluate the impact of multicomponent nudge interventions on the uptake of COVID-19 and influenza vaccines in medically at-risk children.
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Infant Whole-Cell Versus Acellular Pertussis Vaccination in 1997 to 1999 and Risk of Childhood Hospitalization for Food-Induced Anaphylaxis: Linked Administrative Databases Cohort StudyEvidence suggests that children who had received an initial priming dose of whole-cell pertussis (wP) vaccine, rather than acellular pertussis (aP) vaccine, had a lower risk of developing IgE-mediated food allergy, the most common cause of anaphylaxis-related hospital presentations of childhood.
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Recurrent otitis media and behaviour problems in middle childhood: A longitudinal cohort studyTo investigate the long-term effects of early-life recurrent otitis media (OM) and subsequent behavioural problems in children at the age of 10 years.