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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.
A child can’t thrive if they don’t have a roof over their head.
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
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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders screening tools: A systematic reviewScreening facilitates the early identification of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and prevalence estimation of FASD for timely prevention, diagnostic, and management planning.
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Overarching Evaluation of the National Support for Child and Youth Mental Health Program- Final ReportThe National Support for Child and Youth Mental Health Program (the Program) aims to improve mental health outcomes for children and young people, commencing with the early years and going through to adolescence, by providing targeted grants for workforce and education activities that will build capabilities aligned to the Program objectives.
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Active transport research priorities for AustraliaTo advance active transport, robust policy-relevant evidence is needed to understand how to change behaviour and to support decision-making by policy makers and practitioners. Currently, however, priority research questions that are most critical for advancing active transport have not been identified.
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Breakfast skipping and cognitive and emotional engagement at school: A cross-sectional population level studyResearch on the consequences of breakfast skipping among students tends to focus on academic outcomes, rather than student wellbeing or engagement at school. This study investigated the association between breakfast skipping and cognitive and emotional aspects of school engagement.
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Longitudinal audit of assessment and pharmaceutical intervention for cardiovascular risk in the Australasian Diabetes Data NetworkTim Liz Jones Davis MBBS DCH FRACP MD MBBS FRACP PhD Co-head, Diabetes and Obesity Research Co-director of Children’s Diabetes Centre Co-head,
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Quantification of Helicobacter pylori and its oncoproteins in the oral cavity: A cross-sectional studyTo identify Helicobacter pylori and related oncogenic and virulent proteins in patients with gingivitis, periodontitis, oral cancer and gastric cancer.
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Variation in excess all-cause mortality by age, sex, and province during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in ItalyAlthough previous evidence suggests that the infection fatality rate from COVID-19 varies by age and sex, and that transmission intensity varies geographically within countries, no study has yet explored the age-sex-space distribution of excess mortality associated with the COVID pandemic.