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Video: Aboriginal AsthmaWadjuk Nyungar man Walter McGuire talks about the importance of air quality to our health.
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Folate success helps Aboriginal kidsMore than 30 years of research into the links between folate and neural tube defects has paid off for The Kids Research Institute Australia researcher Professor Carol Bower.
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Starting & staying on track10 years of work guided by The Kids Research Institute Australia has resulted in huge improvements in the development of Aboriginal children at the start of school.
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Exploring resilience as a pathway to Aboriginal young people's healthCan resilience improve health outcomes in Aboriginal young people? That question will be explored by The Kids Research Institute Australia researcher Clair Scrine.
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Alcohol restrictions a powerful tool for communitiesThere is growing evidence that alcohol restrictions are effective in empowering communities to reduce the immediate and long term impacts of alcohol.
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Diversity of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae strains colonizing Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal childrenNontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) strains are responsible for respiratory-related infections which cause a significant burden of disease in...
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Rheumatic heart disease in Indigenous children in northern Australia: Differences in prevalence and the challenges of screeningThis study compared regional differences in the prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in Indigenous Australian children, and describes the logistical and...
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Prevalence and patterns of alcohol use in pregnancy in remote Western Australian communities: The Lililwan ProjectAlcohol use in pregnancy is thought to be common in remote Australian communities, but no population-based data are available.
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Short-course oral co-trimoxazole versus intramuscular benzathine benzylpenicillin for impetigo in a highly endemic regionThe major burden of disease is in developing and tropical settings where topical antibiotics are impractical and lead to rapid emergence of antimicrobial...
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Elders lift their voices to bridge the gap for kidsLed by nine Elders, the Ngulluk Koolunga Ngulluk Koort Project is working to generate a better understanding of early childhood development from an Aboriginal/Nyoongar perspective.