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Out-of-Home Care in Central Australia—A Retrospective Audit of Health Needs and Timeliness of Assessment Compared to the National Clinical Assessment Framework
The aim of this study is to evaluate the health and developmental concerns for children in out-of-home care in Central Australia and assess whether they received timely and comprehensive paediatric health assessments.
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Publishing Date:
17 November, 2025
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Journal Name:
Wiley Online Library
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Authors:
Jade Woon, Annie Kilpatrick, Karen McLean
Renal and cardiovascular function in children with FASD: Potential links to food approach and avoidance behaviors
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is associated with a range of developmental, behavioral, and physical impairments. While much research to date has focused on developmental and behavioral aspects of FASD, there is growing evidence that children with FASD may experience alterations in renal and cardiovascular function. By also comparing eating behaviors between children with FASD and typically developing children, this may provide some clues to the underlying causes of these physiological changes.
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Publishing Date:
16 November, 2025
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Journal Name:
Wiley Online Library
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Authors:
Natasha Reid, Jayden Logan, Khari Garavelis, Jinyang Yang, Nicole Hayes, Chelsea Vanderpeet, Karen Liddle, Sophia Young, Maree Maloney, Emily Sullivan, Karen Moritz, Lisa Akison
Creating healing-informed, strengths-based and culturally responsive services: Transforming health professional practice through the Australian fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) Indigenous Framework
This study explored what non-Aboriginal health professionals need to know, be and do to deliver healing-informed, strengths-based and culturally responsive PAE and FASD knowledge and support to Aboriginal peoples. The findings were interpreted through the Australian FASD Indigenous Framework, to deepen understanding and guide practice transformation.
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Publishing Date:
8 November, 2025
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Journal Name:
The Lowitja Journal
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Authors:
Nicole Hewlett (Palawa), Vivian Lyall (Australian Settler, English/Scandinavian ancestry), Lorian Hayes (Iningai/Bidjara), Lindsay Wolfson (Settler in Canada with Polish/Russian ancestry), Robyn Williams (Noongar), Deborah Askew (New Zealand Pakeha), Karen Scofield (Margany), Natasha Reid (Settler in Australia with Irish/English ancestry)
A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial of Sublingual Melatonin for Sleep Onset Insomnia in Children With Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Children with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) present with significant sleep disturbance. This pilot trial aimed to examine the feasibility of conducting a larger randomised controlled trial (RCT) in this population and the potential effectiveness of melatonin to treat onset insomnia.
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Publishing Date:
22 October, 2025
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Journal Name:
Wiley Online Library
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Authors:
Ned Chandler-Mather, Doug Shelton, Caroline Donovan, Haydn Till, Bronwyn M. Theroux, Sharon Dawe
The Marurra-U Partnership: providing a hybrid, multidisciplinary, wraparound model of care for Aboriginal children living with complex needs in the remote Fitzroy Valley, Australia
The aim of this study is to describe the development, characteristics, and implementation of the Marurra-U Partnership, which is a hybrid (telecare and in-person), multidisciplinary, wraparound model of care for children with complex neurodevelopmental needs and their families in the Fitzroy Valley, Kimberley Region, Western Australia.
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Publishing Date:
20 October, 2025
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Journal Name:
BMC Health Services Research
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Authors:
Thomas Stubbs, Anita Pickard, Emily Carter, Sue Thomas, Jadnah Davies, Rosemary Evans, Dagney Hopp, Kim Casburn, Tuguy Esgin, Blake Angell, Elizabeth J Elliott, Alexandra Martiniuk
Prevalence of prenatal alcohol use among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women in the Northern Territory, Australia: estimate from perinatal, emergency, and admission datasets
Prenatal Alcohol Use (PAU) has detrimental effects on mothers and their children. Robust estimates of the prevalence of PAU and associated risk factors are critical for informing interventions to reduce adverse health impacts. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and risk factors of PAU among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal mothers in the Northern Territory of Australia.
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Publishing Date:
17 October, 2025
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Journal Name:
BMC
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Authors:
Behailu Derseh, Abel Dadi, Hoang Phan, Holger W Unger, Kiarna Brown, Demeke Mesfin Belay, Steven Guthridge
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