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The role of social support in differentiating trajectories of adolescent depressed mood

This study explored the extent to which disaggregated support from family, peers, close friendships, teachers, and schools predicted membership into identified, sex-specific trajectories of depressed mood in 3210 Australian adolescents (49% females) based on self-report data collected at four annual time points from school Grade 6 to 9 (ages 10–16).

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The relationship between abdominal pain and emotional wellbeing in children and adolescents in the Raine Study

Abdominal pain in children and adolescents associates with depression, anxiety, being bullied, unhappiness and reduced overall health-rating during adolescence

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Nine-year-old Beau cuts his curls to fight cancer

Meet Beau Jones. Beau is nine-years-old and lives in Eaton where he likes playing basketball and hanging out with his brothers. He’s also passionate about standing up to cancer!

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Some heroes wear capes. Some heroes wear lab coats. And some heroes wear school uniforms, just like you!

Ten-year-old Isabelle decided to make and sell loom band bracelets to raise money for The Kids Research Institute Australia.

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Is ‘a little’ too much?: An exploration of women’s beliefs about alcohol use during pregnancy

Interventions to address alcohol use during pregnancy need to target underlying determinants of the behaviour. Using the theory of planned behaviour as a theoretical framework, the aim of this study was to identify behavioural, normative and control beliefs regarding alcohol use during pregnancy among a sample of women.

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The non-specific and sex-differential effects of vaccines

The textbook view of vaccination is that it functions to induce immune memory of the specific pathogen components of the vaccine, leading to a quantitatively and qualitatively better response if the host is exposed to infection with the same pathogen

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Qualitative study of psychosocial factors impacting on Aboriginal women's management of chronic disease

The caring roles and responsibilities Aboriginal women have in their community impact on their health

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Western oropharyngeal and gut microbial profiles are associated with allergic conditions in Chinese immigrant children

Distinct differences in microbiome compositions were found in both oropharyngeal and fecal samples of Australian Chinese and Chinese-born Chinese children

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Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of DNA methylation and childhood asthma

Novel loci differentially methylated in newborns represent potential biomarkers of risk of asthma by school age

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Gross motor performance in children prenatally exposed to alcohol and living in remote Australia

A higher than expected proportion of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders had gross motor scores that indicated impairment and need for therapy