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An evidence-based system for early years interventions to reduce child health and developmental inequities: Insights from the interventional birth cohort study Born in Bradford’s Better Start (BiBBS)

There are real challenges in delivering equitable health care in a community, even when there is policy and service goodwill. This is an issue for health services around the world. For the past ten years BiBBS has been working alongside service partners and families to co-design, implement and evaluate multiple early years interventions that are delivered as a part of usual practice in disadvantaged inner-city areas in the UK.

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A cut-throat business: Head & Neck Surgery in children

In this age of subspecialisation, effective communication and collaboration is key. How do we improve the care of children with head and neck conditions? Head & Neck Surgery is an established subspecialty within Otorhinolaryngology globally. Here at RCH, The University of Melbourne & MCRI, we are navigating the ever-changing complexity and diversity of congenital, acquired and neoplastic head and neck conditions.

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Co-designing interventions for high quality paediatric health care

Opportunities exist to leverage implementation science and quality improvement science to advance quality care. During this presentation we will compare and contrast implementation science and quality improvement science. We will explore how methods from both fields have been used to improve our understanding of discharge communication practices in emergency departments in Canada.

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Genomics for the non-genomic specialist: Bridging the gap between innovation and everyday practice

Genomic medicine is rapidly evolving, yet many clinicians outside of clinical genetics face challenges in integrating these advances into routine practice. In this Grand Round, Associate Professor Catherine Quinlan explores her journey mainstreaming genomics in paediatric nephrology, using real-world data from Australia and Ireland and its implementation at The Royal Children’s Hospital.

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Celebrating International Day of People with Disability: Partnering in research

Healthy Trajectories is proud to bring a celebration of the International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) to Grand Rounds at The Royal Children’s Hospital. In line with our vision for an inclusive Australia, we will share what we and others around the Campus have been doing to authentically involve young people growing up with a disability, and their families, as partners in research.

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Vernon Collins Oration: “The power of paediatrics to address child health inequity within a generation: reality or fantasy?”

There has never been a better time for children in the Australian policy world, with portfolios like health, social services, education, disability and treasury all sounding the importance of children for the nation’s wellbeing and growth. At the same time, almost every child health and developmental metric shows stable or growing inequities –preventable inequalities due to social, geographic or economic circumstances. What would it take to change the trajectory of Australia’s children and is it even possible?

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Paternal, social, and mental health perspectives on adolescent and adult male health

Synopsis To acknowledge the 30th anniversary of International Men’s Health Week, this Grand Round will be a panel discussion addressing the paternal, social, and mental health perspectives of men’s health, including fertility, health and wellbeing promotion, positive masculinity and the intergenerational influences on young people today.   Speakers Moderator: Professor David Amor is the Lorenzo … Continued

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Type 1 diabetes, Aristotle and the Jesuits – functional outcomes in childhood predicting adult sequelae

Arguably, the most important developmental outcome of childhood and adolescence is to grow a good brain. A stable supply of glucose is sine qua non for optimal brain development. Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is the exemplar chronic condition of childhood that disrupts blood and tissue glucose delivery. Thus, the assessment of cognitive, psychological, functional and morphological brain outcomes in T1D is apposite.

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