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Impact of assisted reproductive technologies on intrauterine growth and birth defects in singletons

This paper presents data that infants born following assisted reproductive technologies (ART) compared with non-ART singletons display increases in l…

Children diagnosed with attention deficit disorder and their hospitalisations: population data linkage study

We conducted a population-based, record linkage study to examine the hospital admission risk in young children who are subsequently diagnosed with at…

Morbidity due to acute lower respiratory infection in children with birth defects: A total population-based linked data study

Children with birth defects experience higher rates of hospitalisation for ALRIs before age 2 years than children with no birth defects.

Messages that increase women's intentions to abstain from alcohol during pregnancy

Public awareness-raising campaigns targeting alcohol use during pregnancy are an important part of preventing prenatal alcohol exposure and FASD.

Promoting abstinence from alcohol during pregnancy: Implications from formative research

This research developed messages to promote abstinence from alcohol during pregnancy and identified elements that enhance message persuasiveness.

Maternal smoking during pregnancy and the risk of childhood type 1 diabetes in Western Australia

The aim of this study was to investigate the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and type 1 diabetes in the offspring, using comple…

Hospital utilization, costs and mortality rates during the first 5 years of life

Long-term physical and mental health outcomes of ART singletons are generally reassuring. There is a scarcity of information on health service utiliz…

Recommendations from a consensus development workshop on the diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in Australia.

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are underdiagnosed in Australia, and health professionals have endorsed the need for national guidelines for…

Counting fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in australia: The evidence and the challenges

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is an umbrella term to describe a range of effects from prenatal alcohol exposure including fetal alcohol synd…

Maternal Alcohol Use and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Infant Mortality Excluding SIDS

The highest risk of SIDS occurred when a maternal alcohol diagnosis was recorded during pregnancy or within 1 year postpregnancy.