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The Gender and IMmunity study (GIM) aims to evaluate how gender-affirming hormone therapy impacts the immune system in young trans individuals, and how this translates to short and long-term health outcomes.

Cerebral palsy is a diagnosis based on clinical signs and not aetiology or pathology, with only ~50% of children receiving a clinical diagnosis in the first year of life; limiting the opportunity for intervention where maximal neuronal plasticity may occur.

Penelope Strauss BA, MPH, PhD Research Fellow in Youth Suicide Prevention 08 6319 1297 Penelope.strauss@thekids.org.au Research Fellow in Youth

Every year, over 80,000 Western Australian children will have a diagnosed mental health disorder.

Otitis media (OM, middle ear infections) and the consequent hearing loss are major concerns for Aboriginal people and OM can seriously impact on children’s learning potential which in turn will impact on life as an adult.

Many families of trans young people tell us they feel unsure, stressed, or alone as they try to support their child.

Fiji has one of the highest burdens of RHD is in the world and RHD is the second most common cause of death in young people in Fiji.

A telehealth-facilitated randomised-controlled trial utilising a health promotion intervention to resolve otitis media with effusion for children won specialist Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) waiting lists

Information from the Healthy Pregnancy & Me brochure for pregnant women on BMI and guidelines around healthy weight gain during pregnancy.