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Promoting abstinence from alcohol during pregnancy: Implications from formative researchThis research developed messages to promote abstinence from alcohol during pregnancy and identified elements that enhance message persuasiveness.
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Predictors of seizure onset in Rett syndromeInformation on presence and age at onset of seizures, perinatal and developmental history, and genetic status was abstracted on 275 cases in the Australian...
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Collaborating with consumer and community representatives in health and medical research in Australia:The objective of this tudy was to collaborate with consumer and community representatives in the Alcohol and Pregnancy Project from 2006-2008
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The orofacial, oromotor, speech, and voice characteristics of adolescents in youth detention: a comparison of groups with and without prenatal alcohol exposureLanguage disorder is highly prevalent in youth justice; however, orofacial, oromotor, speech, and voice anomalies have been largely overlooked. There has been some documentation of these among individuals with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), and adolescents with PAE are over-represented in youth justice.
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Exploring offending characteristics of young people with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Western AustraliaNeurodevelopmental impairments resulting from Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) can increase the likelihood of justice system involvement. This study compared offence characteristics in young people with FASD to demographically matched controls (n = 500) in Western Australia.
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FASD Hub AustraliaCarol Bower MBBS MSc PhD FAFPHM DLSHTM FPHA Honorary Emeritus Fellow 08 6319 1813 carol.bower@thekids.org.au Senior Principal Research Fellow;
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Consensus diagnostic criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in Australia: A modified Delphi studyTo evaluate health professionals' agreement with components of published diagnostic criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in order to guide...
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Hospital utilization, costs and mortality rates during the first 5 years of lifeLong-term physical and mental health outcomes of ART singletons are generally reassuring. There is a scarcity of information on health service utilization...
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Association between pre-eclampsia and locally derived traffic-related air pollution: A retrospective cohort studyPre-eclampsia is a common complication of pregnancy and is a major cause of fetal maternal mortality and morbidity.
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Are women with major depression in pregnancy identifiable in population health data?Although record linkage of routinely collected health datasets is a valuable research resource, most datasets are established for administrative purposes and...