Reports and Findings
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The social and emotional well-being and mental health implications for adolescents transitioning to secondary boarding schoolThis paper explores the social and emotional wellbeing and mental health complexities for Western Australian adolescents when they transition to boarding school
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How low can we go? Recognizing infants at high risk of cerebral palsy earlierThis paper is a timely reminder that we must recognise infants at high risk of cerebral palsy earlier using evidence-based assessments.
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Bullying behaviour following students’ transition to a secondary boarding school contextThis study investigated the prevalence and types of bullying behaviour that boarding students experienced during the transition to a secondary boarding school.
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Effects of maternal n-3 fatty acid supplementation on placental cytokines, pro-resolving lipid mediators and their precursorsThe aim of this study was to determine whether supplementation with fish oil-derived n-3 PUFA during pregnancy modifies modifies placental PUFA composition...
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Is headspace making a difference to young people’s lives?This report presents the evaluation findings of headspace, a service to improve the mental health and social and emotional wellbeing of young people
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Addressing the relationship between racism and inequality in suicide...In 2009 over 40 leading researchers and academics from across Australia signed the Boatshed Racism Roundtable Declaration that proposed four areas of action...
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Immune Responses to Allergens in Atopic Disease: Considerations for BioinformaticsAllergies are mediated by several immunological mechanisms that make different contributions in different patients.
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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Notifications to the Western Australian Register of Developmental AnomaliesThere is increasing attention on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in Australia, but there are limited data on their birth prevalence.
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Reduced forced vital capacity in Aboriginal Australians: Biology or missing evidence?This editorial article addresses chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung function testing in Aboriginal Australians.
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Evaluation in health promotion: Thoughts from inside a human research ethics committeeHealth promotion research, quality improvement and evaluation are all activities that raise ethical issues.