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Research into childhood diabetes in Perth has been given a major boost with the launch of the WA Children's Diabetes Research and Education Centre for Research Excellence (CRE) on the eve of World Diabetes Day.

The Rio Tinto Children’s Diabetes Centre acknowledges the importance of those living with type 1 diabetes (T1D), those that care for them and the type 1 diabetes community (T1D community) in sharing your lived-experience.

For app support, please email diabetes.research@health.wa.gov.au

Two new resources have been created for patients — Know the Numbers and Your HbA1c Chart.

We know many families have questions about the risk of COVID-19 to children with type 1 diabetes. To address these questions, Perth Children’s Hospital’s Diabetes Clinic has provided information and resources to help you navigate this tricky period.

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Influenza infection in young children has a significant impact on medication use, absenteeism and the use of health care service

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This paper analyzes the effects of “shocks” to community-level unemployment expectations, induced by the Great Recession, on children’s mental well-being

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Mental wellbeing was independently associated with academic achievement and perceived family support but not with physical health variables

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No significant associations were found between maternal inactivated influenza vaccine or pertussis vaccination in pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes

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We have also been engaged with and excited by the attempts to adopt a public health approach to the care and protection of children as described throughout this book