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New phone triage systemYou may have noticed some changes to the phone triage system for Perth Children’s Hospital’s diabetes clinic recently.

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New position to help roll out schools programA Clinical Nurse Specialist position within Perth Children’s Hospital’s Diabetes Service has been funded as part of the Federal Government’s new Type 1 Diabetes Management in School program.

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Welcome to the team Amelia!We’re super excited to welcome Dr Amelia Harray to our research team. Amelia looks forward to strengthening the focus on food research to help children with type 1 diabetes and their families.
Research
SMS-based interventions for improving child and adolescent vaccine coverage and timeliness: a systematic reviewThe aim of this review was to investigate the impact of short message service (SMS)-based interventions on childhood and adolescent vaccine coverage and timeliness.

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ATAR exams – special provisionsEnd-of-year exams may be far from the minds of students managing diabetes but now is the time to get the process started for obtaining special ATAR provisions.
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Factors influencing public perceptions of child neglect: A mixed methods studyMore than 1 in 5 children experience neglect, exposing them to several adverse consequences. Children with intellectual disability experience additional neglect related challenges. Public perceptions significantly influence the identification, intervention, and prevention of child neglect.
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Infant and Pre-birth Involvement With Child Protection Across AustraliaInfants (<1 year old) are the age group in Australia with the highest rate of involvement with child protection. Many jurisdictions across Australia and internationally are implementing policies focused on prenatal planning and targeted support.This study investigates Australian trends in prenatal and infant child protection notifications, substantiations and out-of-home care; and the extent of over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants.
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Quality of life in paediatric burn patients with non-severe burnsBurns are common worldwide, and the vast majority are non-severe burns of less than 20% of the total body surface area (TBSA). In Australia, paediatric burns account for a third of all burn admissions, thus understanding the quality-of-life outcomes after a non-severe burn in children is important.
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Postvaccination Febrile Seizure Severity and OutcomeVaccine-proximate febrile seizures accounted for a small proportion of all febrile seizures hospital presentations
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Maladaptive parenting and child emotional symptoms in the early school yearsThe current study investigated whether being exposed to maladaptive parenting (high hostility and low warmth) and/or marital conflict in infancy is...