A5025766035- Child and Adolescent Health
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Health disparities and outcomes
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Global Health Care Issues
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees
- Children's Rights and Participation
Sydney Local Health District
2013-2025
UNSW Sydney
2016-2025
South Western Sydney Local Health District
2016-2025
New South Wales Department of Health
1996-2025
Women's & Children's Health Research Institute
2024
Ingham Institute
2016-2023
Ekiti State University
2023
University of Iceland
2023
University of Calabar
2023
Federal Medical Centre
2023
Optimal breastfeeding has benefits for the mother-infant dyads. This study investigated prevalence and determinants of cessation exclusive (EBF) in early postnatal period a culturally linguistically diverse population Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The used routinely collected perinatal data on all live births 2014 (N = 17,564) public health facilities two Local Health Districts mother's intention, skin-to-skin contact, EBF at birth, discharge (1–4 weeks postnatal) were estimated....
Newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers are faced with many difficulties in accessing effective health care when settling Australia. Cultural, language financial constraints, lack of awareness available services, provider understanding the complex concerns can all contribute to limiting access care. Understanding complexities a new system under these circumstances finding regular may be difficult. In some cases there fundamental distrust government services. The different levels...
Aims: Waves of immigration from the latter half 20th century have changed cultural and ethnic mix major regions world. Dynamic multicultural societies now are a reality across Western The relationship influence these diverse cultures to understanding identification child abuse neglect is challenging complex. Health professionals working with children culturally linguistically groups often find themselves challenge exploring resolving tension between definitions harm in protection practice...
The development of society, rich or poor, can be judged by the quality its population's health, [and] how fairly health is distributed across social spectrum.1 Child inequalities were first described in mid-19th century as differences infant mortality rates occupational and classes.2 Despite an overall improvement advances care many high-income countries, morbidity have persisted widened.2, 3 For most conditions, there a 'social gradient'; greater disadvantage, higher prevalence disease.4...
Background Urban health challenges, particularly for street and slum-dwelling children families, have emerged as one of the most significant concerns in India. While there is little published on effective healthcare delivery to these populations, mobile vans (MHV) been proposed a proactive pathway providing outreach healthcare. Our aims were evaluate impact Bal Umang Drishya Sanstha (BUDS) MHV support services urban slum populations Delhi National Capital Region (NCR), focusing benefits...
ABSTRACT Background and Objective Migrant refugee women, families, their children can experience significant language, cultural, psychosocial barriers to engage with child family services. Integrated health Hubs are increasingly promoted as a potential solution address access barriers; however, there is scant literature on how best implement them migrant populations. Our aim was explore service providers consumers the barriers, enablers, experiences resulting building blocks required for...
Specialised Intellectual Disability Health Teams enhance access to health services and improve intersectoral coordination. This study reviewed the profiles healthcare recommendations for children young adults with Disability. Data was collected from clinical records analysed using relevant statistical tests. Most were referred challenging behaviours, 13.9% lacking a disability funding plan, 60% requiring changes in medication. Three-quarters reported functional improvement at six months. A...
While there is a high level of concern among parents about waiting for child developmental services, limited research on caregiver perspectives accessing public diagnostic especially families from culturally diverse backgrounds. We aimed to explore and satisfaction after attending Child Developmental Assessment Service (CDAS) appointment their in South Western Sydney, as part large quality improvement project. Over 6-month period between June December 2022, we surveyed caregivers child's...
Providing appropriate and responsive care to refugees from diverse backgrounds with unique health needs is challenging. Refugee children may present a wide range of conditions, which be unfamiliar professionals in developed countries. Additionally, experience unfamiliarity the Australian system distrust authority figures and/or medical practitioners. This article provides an overview priority areas management for paediatric refugee patients paediatricians as well other relevant providers...
Globally, India contributes the largest share in sheer numbers to burden of maternal and infant under-nutrition, morbidity mortality. A major gap our knowledge is how socio-cultural practices beliefs influence perinatal period thus outcomes, particularly rapidly growing urban setting.Using data from a qualitative study south India, including in-depth interviews with 36 women who had recently been through childbirth as well observations family life clinic encounters, we explored territory...