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Common mental disorders: missed opportunity for smoking prevention and cessationCommon mental disorders: missed opportunity for smoking prevention and cessation
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Prevalence of chronic wet cough, protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB) and middle ear disease in the KimberleyThis project aims to determine the prevalence of chronic wet cough, PBB and middle ear disease in Aboriginal children in Aboriginal communities in the Kimberley.
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Chronic health conditions, mental health and the school: A narrative reviewSchool-based social risk processes in the lives of young people with chronic health conditions are likely to contribute to risk of psychological problems
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WA Governor Chris Dawson invites further youth mental health researchWA Governor Chris Dawson invites further youth mental health research
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Psychosocial resilience and vulnerability in Western Australian Aboriginal youthWe review findings from our previous studies which show the application of a person-based resilience framework of analysis in the context of WA aboriginal youth
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Associations between mental health profiles and later school outcomesThe dual-factor model of mental health proposes that high wellbeing and low distress are necessary to define mental health. This study used latent profile analysis to identify mental health profiles in a sample of 3,587 Australian grade 6 students and explored the association between mental health profiles and school outcomes measured in grades 7 and 9.
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Towards responsive policy and actions to address non-communicable disease risks amongst adolescents in Indonesia: insights from key stakeholdersNon-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, mental disorder and chronic lung conditions are the leading cause of death and disability in Indonesia. Adolescence is when risks for NCDs emerge and it is also an important life stage for intervention, yet young people are often at the margins of NCD policy and actions.
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in the Australian Education System: Knowledge, attitudes, needs, and practicesAmy Carol Finlay-Jones Bower BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych) MBBS MSc PhD FAFPHM DLSHTM FPHA Head, Early
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Conducting decolonizing research and practice with Australian First Nations to close the health gapThe purpose of this paper is to highlight a perspective for decolonizing research with Australian First Nations and provide a framework for successful and sustained knowledge translation by drawing on the recent work conducted by a research group, in five remote communities in North-Western Australia.
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Eighth annual conference of in VIVO planetary health: From challenges to opportunitiesHere, we present the abstracts and proceedings of our 8th annual conference, held in Detroit, Michigan in May 2019, themed "From Challenges, to Opportunities"