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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
Does alcohol use and related harm differ based on the age of initiation to alcohol? Results from a prospective cohort study
There is evidence to suggest that earlier initiation to alcohol increases the rate and severity of alcohol consumption. However, this often overlooks the fact that earlier initiation also means a longer drinking history. This paper estimated differences in patterns of alcohol use and harm across adolescence and early adulthood, allowing for the fact that the patterns over time may differ depending on the age at which initiation occurred.
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Publishing Date:
13 October, 2025
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Journal Name:
Wiley Online Library
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Authors:
Philip J Clare, Wing See Yuen, Alexandra Henderson, Kypros Kypri, Raimondo Bruno, Tim Slade, Delyse Hutchinson, Nyanda McBride, Monika Wodalowski, Jim McCambridge, Louisa Degenhardt, Veronica C Boland, Richard P Mattick, Amy Peacock
Exploring Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) From an Aboriginal Lens in Western Australia: Survey Results to Inform Cultural Security, Policy, and Service Delivery
The exploration of awareness and knowledge on FASD amongst the Noongar people in the Southwest region of Western Australia (WA) was the focus of this research. FASD is a neurodevelopmental disability caused by prenatal alcohol exposure resulting in lifelong disabilities impacting children, families, kinship caregivers, foster carers, and communities.
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Publishing Date:
28 September, 2025
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Journal Name:
Wiley Online Library
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Authors:
Robyn Williams, Miranda Farmer, Ken Kelly, Dorothy Badry, Jaya Dantas
Predicting neurodevelopmental outcomes in Australian First Nations infants: The transdiagnostic utility of early screening tools
The aim of this study is to determine the predictive relationship between evidence-based screening tools and neurodevelopmental outcomes in Australian First Nations infants.
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Publishing Date:
25 September, 2025
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Journal Name:
Wiley Online Library
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Authors:
Carly Luke, Katherine A Benfer, Leeann Mick-Ramsamy, Robert S Ware, Margot Bosanquet, Natasha Reid, Arend F Bos, Roslyn N. Boyd, Queensland State-wide LEAP Clinical Group
Media portrayals of alcohol use in pregnancy and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: A scoping review
This scoping review aimed to identify and analyze publications that explore how alcohol use in pregnancy and FASD have been portrayed in the international media across two decades.
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Publishing Date:
24 September, 2025
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Journal Name:
Wiley Online Library
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Authors:
Fiona J Robards, Sharon Medlow, Elizabeth J Elliott
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