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Limited available data indicate that dementia prevalence rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (hereafter Aboriginal) peoples are 3–5 times higher than the overall Australian population. Effective, pragmatic and scalable interventions are urgently required to address this disproportionate burden of dementia in Aboriginal populations.
Neurocognitive dysfunction is a core feature of schizophrenia with particularly prominent deficits in verbal episodic memory.
The prevalence of intellectual disability has risen in WA over the last 10 years with most of this increase due to mild or moderate intellectual disability
Overview of Health Issues in School-aged Children with Down Syndrome
The contributors, all world experts in their fields, also discuss what we can learn from the presence of co-morbidities.
The annual economic cost of DMD was found to be high, reflecting a significant socioeconomic burden, especially in boys who reach adulthood
We used population data on Western Australian singletons born from 1984 to 1999 (n = 398,353) to examine the sociodemographic characteristics of children...
This editorial article addresses chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung function testing in Aboriginal Australians.
Systematic sequencing of all X-chromosomal genes in patients with genetic evidence for X-chromosome locus involvement may resolve 58% of Fragile X-negative cases
In 2009 over 40 leading researchers and academics from across Australia signed the Boatshed Racism Roundtable Declaration that proposed four areas of action...
Variation over time in medical conditions and health service utilization of children with Down syndrome.
A population-based, stepped wedge, cluster randomized controlled trial of an enhanced model of early infant primary care
We wanted to explore the quality of life of mothers of children with autism and intellectual disability and identify factors that impact their quality of life.
This fact sheet addresses what we currently know about suicide prevention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
ID and/or ASD were found to be associated with an increased risk of hospitalisation compared with the remainder of the population.
We found that algorithms reduced the amount of missing data and improved within‑individual consistency.
While the majority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are travelling on track or exceeding across all developmental domains...
This factsheet highlights the need for a greater understanding of the importance of constructive & preventive ‘upstream’ approaches & sustained investment in...
The current study sought to increase our understanding of the factors involved in the early vocabulary development of Australian Indigenous children.
The current study investigated whether being exposed to maladaptive parenting (high hostility and low warmth) and/or marital conflict in infancy is...