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Proactive measures at Banksia Hill welcomed

We welcome the Cook Labor Government’s plan to introduce proactive measures to improve the safety and welfare of children and young people within the State’s youth justice system.

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Five-year Hedland FASD Project wraps up

A five-year, $5 million research program funded by BHP and aimed at reducing the prevalence and impact of FASD in the Pilbara officially wrapped in South Hedland last night.

Research

Parent Child Assistance Program - A Pilot Study in Perth

Martyn Amy Symons Finlay-Jones B.A. (Hons) PhD. BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych) Honorary Research Associate Head, Early

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The relationship between MECP2 mutation type and health status and service use trajectories over time in a Rett syndrome population

This study aimed to investigate the trajectories over time of health status and health service use in Rett syndrome by mutation...

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Changes in health professionals' knowledge, attitudes and practice following provision of educational resources

We provided health professionals in Western Australia (WA) with educational resources about prevention of prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal alcohol...

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Association of pre-pregnancy weight and birth defects

Association of pre-pregnancy weight, birth defects

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Unpacking the complex nature of the autism epidemic

This paper discusses changes in diagnostic criteria, decreasing age at diagnosis, improved case ascertainment, diagnostic substitution, and social influences.

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Prevalence, repairs and complications of hypospadias: An Australian population-based study

To investigate hypospadias' prevalence and trends, rate of surgical repairs and post-repair complications in an Australian population.

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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Notifications to the Western Australian Register of Developmental Anomalies

There is increasing attention on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in Australia, but there are limited data on their birth prevalence.

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Patterns of Alcohol Intake of Pregnant and Lactating Women in Rural Western Australia

This paper will present the first alcohol consumption data of pregnant and breastfeeding women living in rural Western Australia