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| David LawrenceSummaryAffiliation: Curtin University of Technology Country: Australia Publications
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Antecedents of teenage pregnancy from a 14-year follow-up study using data linkageJennifer Gaudie
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, PO Box 855, West Perth, WA 6872, Australia
BMC Public Health 10:63. 2010..This study identified possible antecedents of teenage pregnancy using linked data from administrative sources to create a 14-year follow-up from a cross-sectional survey...
Optimal fetal growth for the Caucasian singleton and assessment of appropriateness of fetal growth: an analysis of a total population perinatal databaseEve M Blair
Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, P, O, Box 855, West Perth, WA, 6872, Australia
BMC Pediatr 5:13. 2005..Appropriateness of growth can then be inferred from the ratio of the value of the observed dimension to that of the optimal dimension...
Inequalities in healthcare provision for people with severe mental illnessDavid Lawrence
Centre for Developmental Health, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
J Psychopharmacol 24:61-8. 2010..To date there have only been small-scale trials to evaluate these ideas suggesting that a range of models may have benefit. More work is needed to build the evidence base in this area...
Smoking status, mental disorders and emotional and behavioural problems in young people: child and adolescent component of the National Survey of Mental Health and WellbeingDavid Lawrence
Centre for Developmental Health, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 44:805-14. 2010..To examine the relationship between smoking behaviour, mental disorders and emotional and behavioural problems in a nationally representative sample of young people...
Anxiety disorders and cigarette smoking: Results from the Australian Survey of Mental Health and WellbeingDavid Lawrence
Centre for Developmental Health, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology and Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, West Perth, WA, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 44:520-7. 2010..The aim of this study was to describe current and daily smoking rates, and smoking cessation rates in adults with anxiety disorders, by type of disorder, severity, use of services, and time since first onset of symptoms...
Smoking and mental illness: results from population surveys in Australia and the United StatesDavid Lawrence
Centre for Developmental Health, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
BMC Public Health 9:285. 2009..As many people who meet diagnostic criteria for mental disorders do not seek treatment for these conditions, we sought to investigate the relationship between mental illness and smoking in recent population-wide surveys...
Antecedents of hospital admission for deliberate self-harm from a 14-year follow-up study using data-linkageFrancis Mitrou
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, West Perth, WA, Australia
BMC Psychiatry 10:82. 2010..This study aimed to determine whether individual and socio-ecological factors collected in childhood and adolescence were associated with later hospitalisation for DSH...
The potential impact of smoke-free facilities on smoking cessation in people with mental illnessDavid Lawrence
Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, PO Box 855, West Perth, Western Australia 6872, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 45:1053-60. 2011....
Sugar sweetened beverage consumption by Australian children: implications for public health strategyKatherine Hafekost
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, PO Box 855, West Perth, WA 6872, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:950. 2011..We sought to address this using a contemporary Australian dataset to examine purchase source, consumption pattern, dietary factors, and demographic profile of SSB consumption in children...
The association of infant feeding with parent-reported infections and hospitalisations in the West Australian Aboriginal Child Health SurveyWendy H Oddy
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, and School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, WA, Australia
Aust N Z J Public Health 32:207-15. 2008..To examine infant feeding associations with parent-reported infections and hospitalisations in Western Australian Aboriginal infants and children...
Non-specific psychological distress, smoking status and smoking cessation: United States National Health Interview Survey 2005David Lawrence
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, P O Box 855, West Perth, WA, 6872, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:256. 2011..It is less clear whether people with these mental disorders want to quit smoking, attempt to quit smoking or successfully quit smoking at the same rate as people without such disorders...
Adjusting for under-identification of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander births in time series produced from birth records: using record linkage of survey data and administrative data sourcesDavid Lawrence
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, P O Box 855, West Perth, WA 6872, Australia
BMC Med Res Methodol 12:90. 2012..External data sources, such as survey data, provide a means of assessing the consistency of administrative data and may be used to adjust statistics based on administrative data sources...
Global research neglect of population-based approaches to smoking cessation: time for a more rigorous science of population health interventionsDavid Lawrence
Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Perth, WA, Australia
Addiction 106:1549-54. 2011....
Prevention of child behavior problems through universal implementation of a group behavioral family interventionStephen R Zubrick
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, 855, West Perth, 6872, Western Australia, Australia
Prev Sci 6:287-304. 2005....
The epidemiology of excess mortality in people with mental illnessDavid Lawrence
Centre for Developmental Health, Curtin University of Technology and Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Perth, Australia
Can J Psychiatry 55:752-60. 2010..to investigate the burden of excess mortality among people with mental illness in developed countries, how it is distributed, and whether it has changed over time...
Validation of a model for optimal birth weight: a prospective study using serial ultrasoundsGavin Pereira
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, 100 Roberts Road, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia
BMC Pediatr 12:73. 2012....
Study protocol for the evaluation of an Infant Simulator based program delivered in schools: a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trialSally A Brinkman
Centre for Developmental Health, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology and the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Perth, Australia
Trials 11:100. 2010..The aim of this trial is to evaluate the Virtual Infant Parenting (VIP) program by investigating pre-conceptual health and risk behaviours, teen pregnancy and the resultant birth outcomes, early child health and maternal health...
Health inequalities and the health needs of people with mental illnessDavid Lawrence
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Perth, Western Australia
N S W Public Health Bull 13:155-8. 2002
Smoking as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease: contrasting evidence from a systematic review of case-control and cohort studiesOsvaldo P Almeida
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Addiction 97:15-28. 2002..To investigate the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) associated with smoking...
