Topics: Infants and young children

This list is a topic specific collection of information relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. It includes peer reviewed original articles and reports and non-peer reviewed summaries or reviews published in the HealthBulletin. Journal articles, reports and other publications, conference presentations, theses, resources and websites published or presented elsewhere are also included. Please see the about section for further information.

Improving housing and service responses to domestic and family violence for Indigenous individuals and families

24 February, 2020 | Posted in Vol 20 No 1, January 2020 - March 2020  Environment  Environmental health  Health  Injury  Policies  Population  Infants and young children  Women  States and Territories  Australian Capital Territory  National  New South Wales  Northern Territory  Queensland  South Australia  Tasmania  Victoria  Western Australia  

Cripps K, Habibis D (2019) Improving housing and service responses to domestic and family violence for Indigenous individuals and families Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute This report looks at the housing pathways available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children in the aftermath of domestic and family violence (DFV).

Report card for the implementation plan for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013-2023

17 February, 2020 | Posted in Vol 20 No 1, January 2020 - March 2020  Cultural ways  Health  Health services  Immunisation  Policies  Adolescents  Young adults  Infants and young children  Women  Pregnancy  Protective and risk factors  Substance use  Alcohol use  Tobacco use  States and Territories  Australian Capital Territory  National  New South Wales  Northern Territory  Queensland  South Australia  Tasmania  Victoria  Western Australia  

Australian Government Department of Health (2019) Report card for the implementation plan for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013-2023 Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health The Report Card for the Implementation Plan for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013-2023 (the Report Card) outlines the progress made towards achieving the […]

Aboriginal childhood overweight and obesity: the need for Aboriginal designed and led initiatives

10 February, 2020 | Posted in Vol 20 No 1, January 2020 - March 2020  Nutrition  Population  Infants and young children  Protective and risk factors  Overweight and obesity  Research  

Sherriff SL, Baur LA, Lambert MG, Dickson ML, Eades SJ, Muthayya S (2019) Aboriginal childhood overweight and obesity: the need for Aboriginal designed and led initiatives Public Health Research and Practice; 29(4): e2941925 Retrieved 4 December 2019 from https://doi.org/10.17061/phrp2941925

Follow-up of intervention to prevent dental caries among Indigenous children in Australia: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial

3 February, 2020 | Posted in Vol 20 No 1, January 2020 - March 2020  Health  Oral health  Population  Infants and young children  Women  Pregnancy  Research  States and Territories  South Australia  

Jamieson L, Smithers L, Hedges J (2019) Follow-up of intervention to prevent dental caries among Indigenous children in Australia: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial JAMA Network Open; 2(11): e1915611 Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.15611

The point prevalence of respiratory syncytial virus in hospital and community-based studies in children from Northern Australia: studies in a ‘high-risk’ population

27 January, 2020 | Posted in Vol 20 No 1, January 2020 - March 2020  Health  Infectious conditions  Infectious other  Respiratory health  Population  Infants and young children  Remote  Research  States and Territories  Northern Territory  

McCallum GB, Grimwood K, Oguoma VM, Leach AJ, Smith-Vaughan HC, Versteegh LA, Chang AB (2019) The point prevalence of respiratory syncytial virus in hospital and community-based studies in children from Northern Australia: studies in a ‘high-risk’ population Rural and Remote Health; 19(4): 5267 Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH5267

Healthy Mepla

20 January, 2020 | Posted in Vol 20 No 1, January 2020 - March 2020  Environment  Environmental health  Health  Infectious conditions  Population  Infants and young children  Remote  Queensland  

Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service (2019) Healthy Mepla Cairns: Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service The Healthy Mepla 2:52 minute video was developed from a community-run research workshop that identified the need to raise awareness about the importance of good skin health hygiene and healthy living through music and hip hop.

Benefits of not smoking during pregnancy for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their babies: a retrospective cohort study using linked data

20 January, 2020 | Posted in Vol 20 No 1, January 2020 - March 2020  Health  Maternal smoking  Population  Infants and young children  Women  Pregnancy  Substance use  Tobacco use  Research  States and Territories  New South Wales  

McInerney C, Ibiebele I, Ford JB, Randall D, Morris JM, Meharg D, Mitchell J, Milat A, Torvaldsen S (2019) Benefits of not smoking during pregnancy for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their babies: a retrospective cohort study using linked data BMJ Open; 9(11): e032763 Retrieved from

Is there an association between breastfeeding and dental caries among three-year-old Australian Aboriginal children?

20 January, 2020 | Posted in Vol 20 No 1, January 2020 - March 2020  Health  Oral health  Population  Infants and young children  Women  Pregnancy  Research  States and Territories  South Australia  

Haag DG, Jamieson LM, Hedges J, Smithers LG (2019) Is there an association between breastfeeding and dental caries among three-year-old Australian Aboriginal children? Nutrients; 11(11): 2811 Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11112811

The ORVAC trial protocol: a phase IV, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial of a third scheduled dose of Rotarix rotavirus vaccine in Australian Indigenous infants to improve protection against gastroenteritis

13 January, 2020 | Posted in Vol 20 No 1, January 2020 - March 2020  Immunisation  Infectious conditions  Population  Infants and young children  Research  States and Territories  Northern Territory  

Middleton BF, Jones MA, Waddington CS, Danchin M, McCallum C, Gallagher S, Leach AJ, Andrews R, Kirkwood C, Cunliffe N, Carapetis J, Marsh JA, Snelling T (2019) The ORVAC trial protocol: a phase IV, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial of a third scheduled dose of Rotarix rotavirus vaccine in Australian Indigenous infants to improve protection […]

Ethnic-racial identity affirmation: validation in Aboriginal Australian children

13 January, 2020 | Posted in Vol 20 No 1, January 2020 - March 2020  Health  Social and emotional wellbeing  Population  Infants and young children  Research  States and Territories  National  

Macedo DM, Santiago PR, Roberts RM, Smithers LG, Paradies Y, Jamieson LM (2019) Ethnic-racial identity affirmation: validation in Aboriginal Australian children PLoS One; 14(11): e0224736 Retrieved from https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0224736&type=printable

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