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Risk of Mortality into Adulthood According to Gestational Age at Birth

To quantify the independent risks of neonatal, postneonatal, 1 to 5 and 6 to 30 year mortality by gestational age and investigate changes in survival…

Barriers to Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Pediatric Nursing Practice: An Integrative Review

The greatest barrier to addressing the social determinants of health in the pediatric context is the dominance of the 'medical model' of care

ACE inhibitors and statins in adolescents with type 1 diabetes

We hypothesized that adolescents with high levels of albumin excretion might benefit from ACE inhibitors and statins, drugs that have not been fully…

Prenatal maternal stress events and phenotypic outcomes in Autism Spectrum Disorder

ASD, in the context of prenatal maternal stress exposure, may be associated with a more severe phenotype, particularly when there are multiple prenat…

Pediatric hospital admissions in Indigenous children: A population-based study in remote Australia

We analysed hospital admissions of a predominantly Aboriginal cohort of children in the remote Fitzroy Valley in Western Australia during their first…

Estimation of quantitative levels of diesel exhaust exposure and the health impact in the contemporary Australian mining industry

To estimate the levels of exposure to diesel exhaust expressed by EC in the mining industry and to describe the risk of lung cancer that may result f…

Current options in aerosolised drug therapy for children receiving respiratory support

In this review, we explore current knowledge and provide guidance as to when and how the inhaled route may be of value when treating patients whose t…

Supporting the development of academic talent: The perspectives of students, parents and teachers

The thesis reported in this chapter explored the views of Western Australian high-achieving school leavers, their parents and teachers on a number of…

Prospective cohort study of childhood behaviour problems and adolescent sexual risk-taking: Gender matters

This study sought to determine relationships, by gender, between childhood behaviour problems and adolescent risky sexual behaviours and substance us…

Paediatrician beliefs and practices around influenza vaccination

We aimed to determine Australian paediatricians' beliefs and practices around the influenza vaccination of children.