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Top scientist recruited to WA for HOT NORTH FellowshipThe Kids has recruited Dr Timothy Barnett to embark on a Fellowship to help close gaps in health outcomes between Indigenous and non-indigenous kids
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Skin health of Aboriginal children living in urban communitiesSkin concerns are frequent among urban-living Aboriginal children, yet specialist dermatology consultations are limited with studies highlighting the need for improved cultural security. Through newly established paediatric dermatology clinics at two urban Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs), we aimed to describe clinic and patient data, including disease frequencies and associations, to inform dermatology service provision and advocacy.
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The Kids Ear Health researcher named finalist in Australia’s top science prizesPaediatric audiologist Associate Professor Chris Brennan-Jones has been announced as a finalist for the country’s leading national science awards – the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.
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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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Australia’s first regenerative and genetic medicine program for children’s lung diseaseA new program that uses cutting edge stem cell techniques to repair lung damage in children will be established at The Kids Research Institute Australia with support from the Telethon-Perth Children’s Hospital Research Fund (TPCHRF).
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ISOM 2023 research Panel 4 - Diagnostics and microbiology of otitis mediaTo identify and review key research advances from the literature published between 2019 and 2023 on the diagnosis and microbiology of otitis media (OM) including acute otitis media (AOM), recurrent AOM (rAOM), otitis media with effusion (OME), chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) and AOM complications (mastoiditis).
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Developmental Pathways in WA Children Project (Developmental Pathways Project)Rebecca Fiona Melissa Helen Steve Desiree Glauert Stanley O'Donnell Leonard Zubrick Silva BPsych (Hons) PhD FAA FASSA MSc MD FFPHM FAFPHM FRACP
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Topical antiseptics for chronic suppurative otitis mediaThe effectiveness and safety profile of antiseptics in the treatment of chronic suppurative otitis media is uncertain
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Prevalence and risk factors for parent-reported recurrent otitis media during early childhoodThe objective was to describe the prevalence and risk factors of recurrent otitis media (rOM) in an urban Australian population at 3 years of age.
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Prevalence and risk factors for parent-reported recurrent otitis media during early childhoodThe prevalence of parent-reported rOM was 26.8% (611/2280) and 5.5% (125/2280) for severe rOM in the Study.
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ATOMIC Ears: A Phase IIB randomised controlled trial to assess safety, tolerability and acceptability of a 5-day Dornase alfa treatment as an adjunct therapy to ventilation tube insertion for otitis media in childrenChris Jennifer Lea-Ann Peter Ruth Brennan-Jones Kent Kirkham Richmond Thornton PhD RN PhD MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP PhD Head, Ear and Hearing Health
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Children with secondary care episodes for otitis media have poor literacy and numeracy outcomes: A data linkage studyWe examined the association between otitis media and educational attainment in a retrospective population cohort of Western Australian children who participated in the Grade 3 National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy in 2012.