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Efficacy of infant simulator programmes to prevent teenage pregnancy: a school-based cluster randomised controlled trial in Western Australia

The infant simulator-based Virtual Infant Parenting programme did not achieve its aim of reducing teenage pregnancy

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Mothers of Children with Autism have Different Rates of Cancer According to the Presence of Intellectual Disability in Their Child

Mothers of children with autism without ID had increased risk of cancer, which may relate to common genetic pathways

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Onset of maternal psychiatric disorders after the birth of a child with autism spectrum disorder: A retrospective cohort study

Mothers of a child with autism spectrum disorder have more psychiatric disorders after the birth of their child.

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FASD resources for the justice system

Researchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia have developed a range of new resources to help lawyers, judicial officers and other justice professionals

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Covid Vaccination Statement

Re: Recommendations from the Diabetes and Endocrinology Department at Perth Children’s Hospital and the Children’s Diabetes Centre at The Kids Research Institute Australia regarding COVID-19 vaccination for children with diabetes

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Characterization of regulatory dendritic cells differentiated from the bone marrow of UV-irradiated mice

In summary, UV-BMDCs do not express the classical phenotypic or gene expression properties of DCs reported by others as 'regulatory' or 'tolerogenic'.

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BENEFIT - Breastfeeding and Eating Nuts and Eggs For Infant Tolerance Trial

Debbie Susan Palmer Prescott BSc BND PhD MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP Head, Early Life & Life-Course Health Program; Team Lead, Nutrition in Early Life

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Evaluation of the Community Playgroup Program

This evaluation explored the facilitators & barriers that influence Community Playgroup attendance, and the impact of attending playgroups on child development.

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Sensitising glioblastoma to enhance cancer therapy

Raelene Nick Endersby Gottardo BSc (Hons) PhD MBChB FRACP PhD Brainchild Fellow; Co-Head, Brain Tumour Research Head of Paediatric and Adolescent

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Data for policy

The ultimate goal of this project is to enable policy-makers and researchers to work together to influence positive changes in the life trajectories of disadvantaged Australians via research driven policy initiatives.