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Parent Child Assistance Program - A Pilot Study in PerthMartyn Amy Symons Finlay-Jones B.A. (Hons) PhD. BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych) Honorary Research Associate Head, Early
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Proactive measures at Banksia Hill welcomedWe welcome the Cook Labor Government’s plan to introduce proactive measures to improve the safety and welfare of children and young people within the State’s youth justice system.
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Five-year Hedland FASD Project wraps upA five-year, $5 million research program funded by BHP and aimed at reducing the prevalence and impact of FASD in the Pilbara officially wrapped in South Hedland last night.
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Parental alcohol consumption and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and brain tumorsChildhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood malignancy and brain tumors (CBTs) are the leading cause of cancer death in...
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Intellectual disability: Population-based estimates of the proportion attributable to maternal alcohol use disorder during pregnancyThe aim of this study was to examine the association between maternal alcohol use disorder and intellectual disability in children.
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The relationship between MECP2 mutation type and health status and service use trajectories over time in a Rett syndrome populationThis study aimed to investigate the trajectories over time of health status and health service use in Rett syndrome by mutation...
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Changes in health professionals' knowledge, attitudes and practice following provision of educational resourcesWe provided health professionals in Western Australia (WA) with educational resources about prevention of prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal alcohol...
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Association of pre-pregnancy weight and birth defectsAssociation of pre-pregnancy weight, birth defects
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Unpacking the complex nature of the autism epidemicThis paper discusses changes in diagnostic criteria, decreasing age at diagnosis, improved case ascertainment, diagnostic substitution, and social influences.
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Bigiswun Kid Project: a longitudinal study of adolescents living with high rates of prenatal alcohol exposure, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and early life trauma in remote Australian Aboriginal communitiesThe Lililwan Project was the first Australian population-based prevalence study of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) using active case ascertainment. Conducted in 2010-2011, the study included 95% of all eligible children aged 7-9 years living in the very remote Aboriginal communities of the Fitzroy Valley, Western Australia.