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Women's knowledge and attitudes regarding alcohol consumption in pregnancy: a national survey

Alcohol exposure in pregnancy is a common and modifiable risk factor for poor pregnancy and child outcomes.

Perinatal testosterone exposure and autistic-like traits in the general population: a longitudinal pregnancy-cohort study

Increased prenatal testosterone exposure has been hypothesized as a mechanism underlying autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

Survey finds parents don’t always know if their kids are struggling emotionally

As a parent of two teenage daughters, I like to think I know what's going on in their lives and how they are feeling.

School Readiness Project

Investigating school readiness in ORIGINS' five-year-olds

Respiratory Research Teams

The Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre is made up of multi-disciplinary teams that are committed to improving the lives of children and their families living with respiratory disease.

Alexithymia and eating disorder symptoms: the mediating role of emotion regulation

Preliminary research has found evidence to suggest alexithymia acts as a risk factor for the development of psychopathology symptoms, due to its impairing role on emotion regulation ability. Eating disorder symptoms have been extensively linked to high levels of alexithymia and emotion regulation difficulties, yet little is known about the precise mechanisms behind these interactions.

Population-Modifiable Risk Factors Associated With Childhood Stunting in Sub-Saharan Africa

Identifying modifiable risk factors associated with childhood stunting in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is imperative for the development of evidence-based interventions and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. The objective was to evaluate key modifiable risk factors associated with childhood stunting in SSA. 

IASSIDD 15th World Congress

Our AussieRett team recently visited Melbourne, Australia for the IASSIDD 15th World Congress.

Vision, future, cycle and effect: A community life course approach to prevent prenatal alcohol exposure in central Australia

Prevention approaches specific to prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) have been identified as urgently needed in Australia, including in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. However, very little work has aimed to describe and evaluate health promotion initiatives, especially those developed in rural and remote areas.

Neighbourhood characteristics and the rate of identification of young people at ultra-high risk for psychosis

This study aimed to determine if the rate of identification of young people at ultra-high risk for psychosis was associated with the level of social deprivation