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Efficacy of the Aussie Optimism Program: Promoting Pro-social Behavior and Preventing Suicidality in Primary School Students. A Randomised-Controlled Trial

Aussie Optimism Program with teacher training along with coaching may have the potential to positively impact on suicidality and pro-social behavior in the pre-adolescent years

Use of health services in the last year of life and cause of death in people with intellectual disability: a retrospective matched cohort study

People with intellectual disability were more likely to experience potentially preventable conditions at the end of their lives

Prenatal and perinatal risks for late language emergence in a population-level sample of twins at age 2

This study investigated the extent to which prenatal and perinatal risk factors were associated with LLE in a population-level sample of twins at age 2 without overt disability.

Associations between cardiovascular disease and its risk factors with hearing loss—A cross-sectional analysis

We investigate the relationship between hearing loss and cardiovascular disease risk factors.

What are the position and power of supermarkets in the Australian food system, and the implications for public health? A systematic scoping review

This review synthesized the literature that describes the position and power of supermarkets in the Australian system, and the implications for public health.

“Arguments online, but in school we always act normal”: The embeddedness of early adolescent negative peer interactions within the whole of their offline and online peer interactions

Our aim was to study was to investigate how negative peer interactions on/offline are associated with each and with other daily interactions among adolescents.

Aboriginal parent support: A partnership approach

Our aim was to identify program elements, exploring participants’ perceptions of the program's suitability, feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness.

Aboriginal children and penicillin injections for rheumatic fever: How much of a problem is injection pain?

We explore young Aboriginal people's and clinicians' experience of injection pain for the 10 years of penicillin injections young people are prescribed.

A microbiome case-control study of recurrent acute otitis media identified potentially protective bacterial genera

We characterised the nasopharyngeal microbiome of these children in comparison to children with rAOM to identify potentially protective bacteria.

Cohort profile: Pregnancy and childhood epigenetics (PACE) consortium

The PACE Consortium represents the first steps in the discovery of the role of DNA methylation in health and disease