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Child health
The excess burden of severe sepsis in Indigenous Australian children: can anything be done?
In reply
Luregn J Schlapbach · Justyna A Ostrowski · Graeme MacLaren
Primum non nocere: rethinking our policies on out-of-home care in Australia
Are our child protection policies causing more harm to our most vulnerable children?
Peter D Jones
Reducing the incidence of burn injuries to Indigenous Australian children
Burns are a specific health burden, but understanding the detail is vital to finding solutions
Roy M Kimble · Bronwyn R Griffin
Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian children hospitalised for burn injuries: a population data linkage study
Rates of burn injuries are higher for Indigenous children than for non-Indigenous Australian children
Holger Möller · Lara Harvey · Kathleen Falster · Rebecca Ivers · Kathleen F Clapham · Louisa Jorm
Long term risk of severe retinopathy in childhood-onset type 1 diabetes: a data linkage study
Focus on glycaemic control from diagnosis onwards is needed to reduce the risk of severe retinopathy
Mary White · Matthew A Sabin · Costan G Magnussen · Michele A O'Connell · Peter G Colman · Fergus Cameron
Prevalence of microcephaly in an Australian population-based birth defects register, 1980–2015
Measuring changes in prevalence is important given the possibility of future Zika virus-related disease
Michele Hansen · Paul K Armstrong · Carol Bower · Gareth S Baynam
The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases and Refugee Health Network of Australia recommendations for health assessment for people from refugee-like backgrounds: an abridged outline
An update to the 2009 guidelines
Nadia J Chaves · Georgia A Paxton · Beverley-Ann Biggs · Aesen Thambiran · Joanne Gardiner · Jan Williams · Mitchell M Smith · Joshua S Davis
The Australasian Diabetes Data Network: first national audit of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes
Most Australian children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes are not meeting the HbA1c target
Helen Phelan · Helen Clapin · Loren Bruns · Fergus J Cameron · Andrew M Cotterill · Jennifer J Couper · Elizabeth A Davis · Kim C Donaghue · Craig A Jefferies · Bruce R King · Richard O Sinnott · Elaine B Tham · Jerry K Wales · Timothy W Jones · Maria E Craig
The diagnostic validity of mental health diagnoses in children
We must take heed of as many factors as possible when forming a diagnosis
Christopher C Pearson
Influence of birth month on the probability of Western Australian children being treated for ADHD
Younger children in school classes are more likely to receive a stimulant medication
Martin Whitely · Leanne Lester · John Phillimore · Suzanne Robinson
Multidisciplinary paediatric rheumatology services in Australia and New Zealand
Access and funding are the greatest challenges
Davinder Singh-Grewal
Australian Institute of Sport and Australian Medical Association position statement on concussion in sport
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Lisa J Elkington · David C Hughes
Dangerous toys: the expanding problem of water-absorbing beads
A timely warning about a common danger for children
Rose Cairns · Jared A Brown · Nicholas A Buckley
Improving maternity services for Indigenous women in Australia: moving from policy to practice
Funding is needed for developing culturally competent maternity care
Sue Kildea · Sally Tracy · Juanita Sherwood · Fleur Magick-Dennis · Lesley Barclay
Eliciting and responding to patient histories of abuse and trauma: challenges for medical education
Toward trauma-informed medical education
Gabrielle Matta · Robyn E Woodward-Kron · Sandra Petty · Michael R Salzberg
Towards an integrated model for child and family services in central Australia
An innovative model for the delivery of child and family services
Donna Ah Chee · John D Boffa · Edward Tilton
Margaret Anne Burgess
A remarkable paediatrician who pioneered research into vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases in Australia
Peter B McIntyre FAFPHM, FRACP, PhD · Jill M Forrest MD BS
Increasing incidence of type 2 diabetes in Indigenous and non-Indigenous children in Western Australia, 1990–2012
Children at risk of developing type 2 diabetes need early diagnosis and screening for diabetes-related complications
Aveni Haynes MB BChir, PhD · Rachelle Kalic BPsych, MAppEc · Matthew Cooper BSc · Jacqueline K Hewitt MB BS, FRACP · Elizabeth Ann Davis Paediatric Endocrinologist
Cord blood vitamin D and the risk of acute lower respiratory infection in Indigenous infants in the Northern Territory
Supplementation during the third trimester of pregnancy may prevent vitamin D insufficiency in infants and subsequent acute respiratory infections
Michael J Binks PhD, BSc, BHSc · Heidi C Smith-Vaughan PhD · Robyn Marsh PhD · Anne B Chang MB BD, FRACP, PhD · Ross M Andrews PhD, MPH, MAppEpid
Increase in late diagnosed developmental dysplasia of the hip in South Australia: risk factors, proposed solutions
Increased awareness, education, and avoidance of inappropriate lower limb swaddling are necessary to reduce its incidence
Kathrin Studer MD · Nicole Williams BMedSc(Hons), BMed, FRACS · Georgia Antoniou BSc(Hons) · Catherine Gibson PhD · Heather Scott BMgmt · Wendy K Scheil MAE, FRACGP, FAFPHM · Bruce K Foster MB BS, MD, FRACS · Peter J Cundy MB BS, FRACS
Effectiveness of the Koorliny Moort out-of-hospital health care program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Western Australia
Health outcomes can be improved for Aboriginal children by engaging their families in their health care
Rebecca Cresp MB BS, FRACP, MPHTM · Karen Clarke BN, PGCertPaed · Kimberley E McAuley BSc, MSc, PhD · Daniel McAullay BSc, MAE, PhD · Carolyn A Moylan BA(Hons), BA · Sue Peter SRN, RSCN, MSc · Gervase Ml Chaney MB BS, FRACP · Angus Cook MB ChB, PhD · Karen M Edmond PhD, FRACP, FAFPHM
ADHD and psychostimulants — overdiagnosis and overprescription
Careful assessment and universal precautions are necessary
Adrian J Dunlop PhD, GradDipEpiBiostat, FAChAM · Louise K Newman BA(Hons), MB BS(Hons), FRANZCP
Trends in drug use among adolescents admitted to residential treatment in Australia
Methamphetamine use among this adolescent population has increased substantially
Sally Nathan PhD, MPH, BSc(Psych)(Hons) · Anna Bethmont BA(Psych)(Hons), MPH · Patrick R Rawstorne BA(Hons), PhD · Mark Ferry BA(Psych) · Andrew Hayen PhD
Rethinking autism
Neurotribes: the legacy of autism and how to think smarter about people who think differently
Louise K Newman BA(Hons), MB BS(Hons), FRANZCP
