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Reports and Findings

PLAYCE PAWS: The health and developmental benefits of companion animals for young children

Pet ownership is associated with a number of physical, mental and emotional health benefits. Our current Pets and Health study (PLAYCE PAWS) investigates the health and developmental benefits of companion animals for young children.

PLAYCE Cohort Study: Moving well for optimal child health and development

The PLAYCE Cohort was established to investigate how movement behaviours change over early to late childhood, across key behaviour settings and relationships with health and development

The role of social support in differentiating trajectories of adolescent depressed mood

This study explored the extent to which disaggregated support from family, peers, close friendships, teachers, and schools predicted membership into identified, sex-specific trajectories of depressed mood in 3210 Australian adolescents (49% females)…

What risk does underlying trimethoprim resistance pose for the development of cotrimoxazole-resistant skin infections

Investigating what risk does underlying trimethoprim resistance pose for the development of cotrimoxazole-resistant skin infections.

Tonsil organ model to evaluate carriage, disease mechanisms and therapeutic interventions for treatment and prevention of GAS infections

Tonsil organ model to evaluate carriage, disease mechanisms and therapeutic interventions for treatment and prevention of Group A Streptococcal infections.

Skin Health Situational Analysis to inform skin disease control programs for the Kimberley - outcomes

The Skin Health Situational Analysis was conducted in 2017 with and for stakeholders in the Kimberley region as a precursor to the SToP Trial to highlight all that was already known prior to commencement in 2018. It was completed to be a resource fo…