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Navigating 'the system' to find supports and services for people with developmental disability: How can research help make this a better journey?

Parents navigate what can be a confusing world of early intervention services, residing in the health, disability and/or education sectors

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Cohort Profile: The New South Wales Child Development Study (NSW-CDS)-Wave 2 (child age 13 years)

The New South Wales Child Development Study was established to enable a life course epidemiological approach to identifying risk and protective factors

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Sensitization to immune checkpoint blockade through activation of a STAT1/NK axis in the tumor microenvironment

Our results identify a pretreatment tumor microenvironment that predicts response to immune checkpoint blockade, which can be therapeutically attained

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Poverty, Parental Mental Health and Child/Adolescent Mental Disorders: Findings from a National Australian Survey

The purpose of this study is to examine the association between poverty and child mental disorders

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Risk factors for symptomatic venous thromboembolism during therapy for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

We found two known risk factors in a large cohort of children treated for ALL and identified other factors associated with venous thromboembolism

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Developmental vulnerabilities in children of chronically ill parents: A population-based linked data study

Maternal chronic illness is associated with an increased risk of poor developmental outcomes for children, particularly daughters

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Validity of the Middle Years Development Instrument for Population Monitoring of Student Wellbeing in Australian School Children

This paper reports on a five-year project to measure student wellbeing across an education system using the Middle Years Development Instrument

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Immunogenicity and Safety of a Quadrivalent Meningococcal ACWY-tetanus Toxoid Conjugate Vaccine 6 Years After MenC Priming as Toddlers

One dose of MenACWY-TT boosts protection against MenC in primed children, is safe and extends protection against MenA, MenW and MenY

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Hypoglycaemia, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in diabetes: epidemiology, pathogenesis, and management

Study findings have suggested that hypoglycaemia is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events and mortality

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Gamifying Breastfeeding for Fathers: Process Evaluation of the Milk Man Mobile App

The Milk Man app was an acceptable source of breastfeeding information and support that fathers and fathers-to-be are prepared to use throughout the perinatal period