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Skin health of Aboriginal children living in urban communities

Skin 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.

Tapping into the healing nature of water

In Aboriginal culture, water is life, holding powerful spiritual and cultural significance and acting as a vital source of connection, food and medicine.

Learning to cope with uncertainty

A small group program to help parents tackle anxiety in young children diagnosed with autism has found significant improvements in both children’s anxiety and parental mental health and wellbeing.

News & Events

Telethon Institute joins international effort to improve early nutrition and long term health

The Kids for Child Health Research will join more than 50 scientists from 36 research institutions around the world to improve early nutrition

New suicide prevention guidelines point the way to better care for LGBTQA+ young people

We have developed best-practice suicide prevention guidelines for health professionals and community service providers to help them create safe spaces for LGBTQA+ young people.

Breakthrough in antibiotic discovery opens Pandora's Box

Although a staple of modern medicine, the benefits of antibiotics are waning thanks to overuse and the increasing ability of bacteria to dodge them – known as antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

'We can’t unknow what we’ve learned about Banksia Hill'

The Kids Research Institute Australia has been among a growing number of voices passionately advocating for an overhaul of the way young people in detention are managed in Western Australia.

Partnership expands Aboriginal kids’ lung health program across Western Australia

A program aimed at raising awareness of the dangers of a chronic wet cough in Aboriginal children has been extended to 14 remote and regional towns in Western Australia - thanks to a partnership between The Kids Research Institute Australia and Cystic Fibrosis WA.

How in-language health messages are being used to tackle FASD

Researchers have worked with communities to come up with a tangible, practical legacy to improve the policy architecture and clinical approaches to drinking during pregnancy

Healing airways so kids with asthma can breathe better

An exciting study is investigating whether a new therapeutic treatment for asthma will protect young sufferers from ongoing lung damage and improve their long-term health outcomes.