Tag: child health

A qualitative study of the influence of childcare on high antibiotic use in a multicultural, lower socioeconomic community

This paper on a qualitative study that I’m very proud of, where we interviewed early childhood educators and parents/carers, including in local community language, on their perspectives of antibiotic use in the Fairfield Local Government Area. Knight AW, Hasan I, Tam CWM,  Qummouh R, Shehata A. A qualitative study of the influence of childcare on …

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Consumer and health professional perceptions of Watch Me Grow – Electronic (WMG-E) platform for developmental surveillance in early childhood: A qualitative study

Our study on the Watch Me Grow platform, an online resource to support childhood developmental surveillance in general practice, was published in the Australian Journal of General Practice. [Link : PDF] Kohlhoff J, Dadich A, Varghese J, McKenzie A, Ong N, Pritchard M, Tam CWM, Woolfenden S, Blight V, Eastwood J, Garg P, Jalaludin B, Liaw …

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A Multistate Trial of an Early Surveillance Program for Autism Within General Practices in Australia

This protocol paper was published today in Frontiers in Pediatrics [PDF : Link] Barbaro J, Masi A, … , Tam CWM, et al. A multistate trial of an early surveillance program for autism within General Practices in Australia. Frontiers in Pediatrics 2021;9(260). DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.640359

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