Victorian study gets funding boost to examine long-term effects of COVID-19
The Victorian Government has boosted its funding for a study to examine the long-term effects of COVID-19, including the potential links between the virus and unborn babies.
A dedicated group of scientists will investigate the cellular mechanisms leading to lingering long COVID issues including fatigue, cognitive difficulties and ongoing breathing problems.
The study forms part of the government s $31 million COVID-19 Research Fund, including $2.3 million to the Murdoch Children s Research Institute s (MCRI s) Impact of COVID-19 on Organs research project.
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Children exposed to intimate partner violence from infancy were twice as likely to have poor health
A new study has found up to half of all children with language difficulties and mental and physical health problems have been exposed to intimate partner violence, prompting calls for health and social care services to provide more effective identification and early intervention.
The research, led by the Murdoch Children s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in
The BMJ, showed children exposed to intimate partner violence from infancy were twice as likely to have a psychiatric diagnosis, emotional and behavioral difficulties, and impaired language skills at age 10. They were also more likely to have asthma and sleep problems.
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Deirdre Gartland Research Fellow and Co-leader Strengthening Families Stream, Intergenerational Health Research Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
In a study conducted by our research group at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, we found one in three children (and their mothers) in the study had experienced intimate partner violence or domestic abuse by the time the children in the study turned ten.
Findings from the same study, published today in the British Medical Journal’s Archives of Childhood Disorders, show children exposed to intimate partner violence by age ten are two to three times more likely to have a psychiatric diagnosis and/or emotional and behavioural difficulties.
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A new study has found up to half of all children with language difficulties and mental and physical health problems have been exposed to intimate partner violence, prompting calls for health and social care services to provide more effective identification and early intervention.
The research, led by the Murdoch Children s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in
The BMJ, showed children exposed to intimate partner violence from infancy were twice as likely to have a psychiatric diagnosis, emotional and behavioural difficulties, and impaired language skills at age 10. They were also more likely to have asthma and sleep problems.