Reports and Findings

Addressing challenges in gaining informed consent for a research study investigating falls in people with intellectual disability

This study describes how an informed consent process was developed for people with intellectual disability and how it is working in a current study

Living on a farm, contact with farm animals and pets, and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

These findings add additional evidence to the hypothesis that regular contact with animals in early childhood is inversely associated with childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Incidence of childhood onset type 1 diabetes in Western Australia from 1985 to 2016: Evidence for a plateau

This study provides evidence for a possible plateauing in the incidence of childhood T1D in Western Australia, following a peak in 2003

An audit of the reliability of influenza vaccination and medical information extracted from eHealth records in general practice

To evaluate the reliability of information in GP electronic health records (EHRs) regarding the presence of specific medical conditions and recent influenza vaccination

Scabies and impetigo in Timor-Leste: A school screening study in two districts

Scabies and impetigo are common in Timor-Leste, with very high prevalence of scabies in the rural district of Ermera

Immunological processes driving IgE sensitisation and disease development in males and females

In this review, we discuss recent mechanistic studies casting further light on how the expression of sex hormones may influence the innate and adaptive immune system

Histone modifications and their role in epigenetics of atopy and allergic diseases

This review covers basic aspects of histone modification and the role of posttranslational histone modifications in the development of allergic diseases

The social basis of vaccine questioning and refusal: A qualitative study employing bourdieu’s concepts of ‘capitals’ and ‘habitus’

This article is an in-depth analysis of the social nature of vaccine decision-making

What is known about consumer nutrition environments in Australia? A scoping review of the literature

This study aimed to summarize the attributes that have been examined in existing peer-reviewed studies of Australian consumer nutrition environments

Determining the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine coverage required for indirect protection against vaccine-type pneumococcal carriage in low and middle-income countries

We will investigate the relationship between PCV coverage and VT carriage among undervaccinated children in Asia and the Pacific