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Activated Outside School Hours Care (OSHC)

Hayley Karen Christian Lombardi BSc (1st Class Hons), PhD W.Aust. BHSc (Hons), PhD Head, Child Physical Activity, Health and Development; National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow Research Fellow 08 6319 1040 6319 1477 hayley.christian@

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Risks and Benefits of UV Radiation

While UV radiation is a skin carcinogen, this should not obscure the growing evidence that sunlight has significant health benefits, including impacts on cardiovascular and metabolic health.

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Investigation of structural brain correlates of neurological soft signs in individuals at ultra-high risk for psychosis

Increased severity of neurological soft signs (NSS) in schizophrenia have been associated with abnormal brain morphology in cerebello-thalamo-cortical structures, but it is unclear whether similar structures underlie NSS prior to the onset of psychosis. The present study investigated the relationship between severity of NSS and grey matter volume in individuals at ultra-high risk for psychosis stratified for later conversion to psychosis.

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A qualitative exploration of motivations and barriers for community leisure organisations’ engagement with the Jooay™ mobile app

Participation in leisure activities is key to the physical and mental health of children and adolescents with disabilities. The Jooay™ mobile app aims to link children and adolescents with disability to participation opportunities in their community.

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Characterising the Early Presentation of Motor Difficulties in Autistic Children

This study aimed to explore the rates of motor difficulties in children from the Australian Autism Biobank, and how early motor concerns impacted on children functionally.

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Lung ultrasound and atelectasis—The devil is in the details

Britta Regli-von Ungern-Sternberg AM FAHMS MD, PhD, DEAA, FANZA Chair of Paediatric anaesthesia, University of Western Australia; Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Perth Children’s Hospital; Head, Perioperative Medicine Chair of Paediatric

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Healthy Conversations @ Playgroup

Hayley Christian BSc (1st Class Hons), PhD W.Aust. Head, Child Physical Activity, Health and Development; National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow 08 6319 1040 hayley.christian@thekids.org.au Head, Child Physical Activity, Health and

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PLAYCE@Home - understanding the impact of COVID-19 on children’s physical activity, health & development

Hayley Liz Christian Wenden BSc (1st Class Hons), PhD W.Aust. BHlthSc MPH Head, Child Physical Activity, Health and Development; National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow Research Assistant/Data manager, PhD student 08 6319 1040 08 9316 1042

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BEACHES: Built Environments and Child Health in WalEs and AuStralia

The BEACHES project aims to provide high quality evidence of aspects of the built environment which can be modified to reduce the negative impact on children’s physical activity, eating behaviours and weight status.

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Innovation in Informatics to Improve Clinical Care and Drug Accessibility for Rare Diseases in China

In China, there are severe unmet medical needs of people living with rare diseases. Relatedly, there is a dearth of data to inform rare diseases policy. This is historically partially due to the lack of informatics infrastructure, including standards and terminology, data sharing mechanisms and network; and concerns over patient privacy protection.