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WA Epithelial Research Program for Childhood Respiratory DiseasesOnce thought to be a simple barrier to the external environment, epithelial cells are involved in many repair and inflammatory processes that occur in childhood airway diseases.
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Wellbeing studyBurns are a common cause of emergency presentations, and most burn injuries happen to children and adolescents.
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WA Aboriginal Child Health Survey (WAACHS) Linked Data StudyThis study is a partnership between researchers, the Aboriginal community and government to provide evidence for policy and practice addressing high priority health and wellbeing issues for Aboriginal children and families.
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Play Active Program – physical activity policy and training for Early Childhood Education and CarePlay Active is a nationally scalable, low-cost program focused on boosting bursts of energetic play throughout the day.

With rising levels of physical and mental health issues, ensuring children establish good physical activity behaviours early in life is more important than ever.
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SNAP-PYThere are an estimated 5000 episodes per year of bloodstream infections due to Staphylococcus aureus (golden staph) in Australia and an associated mortality of 20%. Despite this, there is little clinical trials evidence to guide best management.
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COCOON: Virus transmission, immunity, and family wellbeing during COVID-19The delay in community transmission of the new Coronavirus in WA, together with the strict, social distancing measures that have been adopted, provide us with an opportunity to observe the level of immunity development to the virus within the community and assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health and well-
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Obstetric malpractice litigation and cerebral palsy in term infantsThe aim of this paper is to review relevant research papers to aid practitioners involved in obstetric malpractice litigation.