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OPINION: Fiona Stanley and Dan McAullay: Close the Gap focus ignores positivesThis opinion article was originally published in the West Australian on July 20, 2023.
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Wet cough prevalence among Aboriginal children ‘concerningly high’The Kids Research Institute Australia and Perth Children’s Hospital clinician-researchers have found more than one in ten children across four remote Kimberley communities have protracted bacterial bronchitis.
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Australia Day Honours for researchers and esteemed ElderFour outstanding members of The Kids Research Institute Australia family – three researchers and an Aboriginal Elder co-researcher – have been named in the Australia Day Honours List for their outstanding service to research and the community.
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Homes crucial for healthy earsThe Kids researchers discovered that overcrowding is the strongest predictor of carriage of bacteria that cause otitis media
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Pneumonia rates improve in Aboriginal childrenNew research from The Kids for Child Health Research shows that the pneumococcal vaccine program has contributed to closing of the gap
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Little improvement in Aboriginal educational performanceThe most comprehensive survey every undertaken of Aboriginal education has found little significant improvement in outcomes for children in more than 30 years
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Yarning about yarning as a legitimate method in Indigenous ResearchThis article demonstrates the credibility and rigor of yarning, an Indigenous cultural form of conversation, through its use as a data gathering tool
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Child health research made possible through Telethon’s supportThe generous support of Western Australians through Channel 7’s Telethon is helping to fund life-changing child health research, with two The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers awarded significant grants.