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Publications, papers and findings coming out of The ORIGINS Project and its sub-projects

ORIGINS Research Dissemination: Publications and Papers

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  1. GATEWAY TO ALLERGY PREVENTION

    Macchiaverni, P., Divakara, N., Saraswati, C., Dempsey, Z., Garssen, J., Silva, D. T., ... & Verhasselt, V. (2024). Effect of Maternal Prebiotic Supplementation on Human Milk Immunological Composition. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.
  2. CASHEW                                                                                                                                                                Palmer, D.J., Silva, D.T., & Prescott, S.L. (2023). Feasibility and safety of introducing cashew nut spread in infant diets-A randomized trial. (2023). Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 34, e13969. https://doi.org/10.1111/pai.13969

  3. BioMood                                                                                                                                                                Rowley, C.E., Lodge, S., Egan, S., Itsiopoulos, C., Christophersen, C.T., Silva, D.T., Kicic-Starcevich, E., O’Sullivan, T.A, Wist, J., Nicholson, J., Frost, G., Holmes, E., & D’Vaz, N. (2023). Altered dietary behaviour during pregnancy impacts systemic metabolic phenotypes. Frontiers in Nutrition, 10:1230480 https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2023.1230480

  4. Dental Screening                                                                                                                                                                           Azimi, S, Fernando, C., Estai, M., Patel, J., SilvaE, D.T., & Tennant, M. (2023). Experience of primary caregivers in utilising an mHealth application for remote dental screening in preschool children. Australian Health Review, 47(5). https://doi.org/10.1071/AH23110

  5. Mums Minds Matter                                                                                                                                                               Davis, J.A., Ohan, J.L., Gregory, S., Kottampally, K., Silv, D.T., Prescott, S.L., & Finlay-Jones, A.L. (2023). Perinatal Women’s Perspectives of, and Engagement in, Digital Emotional Well-Being Training: Mixed Methods Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, e46852. https://www.jmir.org/2023/1/e46852

  6. SCREENS ORIGINS                                                                                                                                                                Hooda,R., Zabatieroa, J., Silva, D.T., Zubrick, S.R., & Straker, L. (2023). “It helps and it doesn’t help”: maternal perspectives on how the use of smartphones and tablet computers influences parent-infant attachment. Ergonomics. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2023.2212148

  7. Timeout for Wellbeing                                                                                                                                                               Davis, J.A., Finlay-Jones, A.L., Bear, N., Prescott, S.L., Silva, D.T., & Ohan, J.L. (2023). Time-out for well-being: A mixed methods evaluation of attitudes and likelihood to engage in different types of online emotional well-being programmes in the perinatal period. Women’s Health, 19. https://doi.org/10.1177/17455057231184507

  8. TUMS                                                                                                                                                                                       Parkin, K., Christophersen, C.T., Verhasselt, V., Cooper, M.N., & Martino, D. (2021). Risk Factors for Gut Dysbiosis in Early Life. Microorganisms, 9, 2066. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9102066

  9. The ORIGINS BIOBANK
    D’Vaz, N.; Kidd, C.; Miller, S.; Amin, M.; Davis, J.A.; Talati, Z.; Silva, D.T.; Prescott, S.L. (2023) The ORIGINS Project Biobank: A Collaborative Bio Resource for Investigating the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 20, 6297. DOI.org/10.3390/ijerph20136297
  10. THE DENTAL SCREENING STUDY
    Azimi, S., Estai, M., Patel, J., & Silva, D. (2023). The feasibility of digital health approach to facilitate remote dental screening among preschool children during COVID‐19 and social restrictions. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry DOI.org/10.1111/ipd.13054
  11. ENGAGE
    Cleary, D.B., Bunney, A., Henry, L. et al (2022). A Parent-Mediated Intervention for Newborns at Familial Likelihood of Autism: Initial Feasibility Study in the General Population. Adv Neurodev Disord 6, 494–505. DOI.org/10.1007/s41252-022-00262-w

  12. BEACHES
    Pedrick-Case R, Bailey R, Beck B, Beesley B, Boruff B, Brophy S, Cross D, Dhamrait G, Duncan J, Gething P, Johnson RD, Lyons RA, Mizen A, Murray K, Pouliou T, Rafferty J, Robinson T, Rosenberg M, Schipperijn J, Thompson DA, Trost SG, Watkins A, Stratton G, Fry R, Christian H, Griffiths LJ (2022). Built Environments and Child Health in Wales and Australia (BEACHES): a study protocol. BMJ Open. Oct 25;12(10):e061978. DOI.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061978

  13. BENEFIT & PREGGNUT STUDIES
    Palmer DJ, Silva DT, Prescott SL (2022). Maternal peanut and egg consumption during breastfeeding randomized pilot trial. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2022 Sep;33(9):e13845. DOI.org/10.1111/pai.13845.  
  14. CARE-DADS
    Hadlow, N. C., Brown, S. J., Lim, E. M., Prentice, D., Pettigrew, S., Cronin, S. L., Prescott, S. L., Silva, D., & Yeap, B. (2022). Anti-Müllerian hormone concentration is associated with central adiposity and reproductive hormones in expectant fathers. Clinical Endocrinology 1-9, DOI.org/10.1111/cen.14725

  15. CARE-DADS
    Pettigrew, S., Jongenelis, M., Cronin, S., Dana, L., Silva, D., Prescott, S., & Yeap, B. (2022). Health-related behaviours and weight status of expectant fathers. Australian New Zealand Journal of Public Health. DOI.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13216

  16. SCREEN ORIGINS
    Hood, R., Zabatiero, J., Silva, D., Zubrick, S.R., Straker, L. (2022) ‘There’s good and bad’. Parent perspectives on the influence of mobile touch screen device use on prenatal attachment. Ergonomics. DOI.org/10.1080/00140139.2022.2041734
  17. SCREEN ORIGINS
    Hood, R., Zabatiero, J., Zubrick, S. R., Silva, D., & Straker, L. (2021) The association of mobile touch screen device use with parent-child attachment: a systematic review. Ergonomics, 64(12), 1606-1622. DOI.org/10.1080/00140139.2021.1948617
  18. SCREEN ORIGINS
    Hood R., Zabatiero J., Silva D., Zubrick S.R., Straker L. (2021).'Coronavirus Changed the Rules on Everything': Parent Perspectives on How the COVID-19 Pandemic Influenced Family Routines, Relationships and Technology Use in Families with Infants. Int J Environ Res Public Health. Dec 6;18(23):12865. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182312865.
  19. Ashwin, D., Gibson, L., Hagemann, E., D’Vaz, N., Bear, N., Silva, D. (2021). The impact a Mediterranean Diet in the third trimester of pregnancy has on neonatal body fat percentage. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 1-8. DOI:10.1017/S2040174421000556
  20. COMMUNITY WELLBEING DURING COVID-19
    Gibson, L.Y., Lockyer, B., Dickerson, J., Endacott, C., Bridges, S., McEachan, R.R.C., Pickett, K.E., Whalan, S., Bear, N.L., Silva, D.T., Prescott, S.L., Davis, J.A. (2021) Comparison of Experiences in Two Birth Cohorts Comprising Young Families with Children under Four Years during the Initial COVID-19 Lockdown in Australia and the UK: A Qualitative Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 18, 9119. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18179119
  21. COMMUNITY WELLBEING DURING COVID-19
    Davis, Jacqueline A., Lisa Y. Gibson, Natasha L. Bear, Amy L. Finlay-Jones, Jeneva L. Ohan, Desiree T. Silva, and Susan L. Prescott (2021). Can Positive Mindsets Be Protective Against Stress and Isolation Experienced during the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding Emotional Health and Wellbeing Needs of Perinatal Women. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 13: 6958. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18136958
  22. Batty, G. D., & Kivimaki, M. (2021). Adverse childhood experiences and adult health: The need for stronger study designs to evaluate impact. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75, 485-488. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1136/jech-2020-215870.

  23. Baughman, N., Prescott, S. L., & Rooney, R. (2020). The prevention of anxiety and depression in early childhood. Frontiers in Psychology, 11(2333). DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.517896

  24. Chebar Lozinsky, A., Loke, P., Orsini, F., O'Sullivan, M., L Prescott, S., Gold, M. S., Quinn, P., DunnGalvin, A., LK Tang, M., & PPOIT study team. (2020). Study protocol of a multicentre, randomised, controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of probiotic and peanut oral immunotherapy in inducing desensitisation or tolerance in children with peanut allergy compared with oral immunotherapy alone and with placebo (the PPOIT-003 study). BMJ Open, 10(9), e035871. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035871

  25. EARLY MOVES
    Elliott, C., Alexander, C., Salt, A., Spittle, A., Boyd, R. N., Badawi, N., Morgan, C., Silva, D., Geelhoed, E., Ware, R. S., Ali, A., McKenzie, A., Bloom, D., Sharp, M., Ward, R., Bora, S., Prescott, S., Woolfenden, S., Le, V., . . . Valentine, J. (2021). Early Moves: A protocol for a population-based prospective cohort study to establish General Movements as an early biomarker of cognitive impairment in infants. BMJ Open, 11(4), e041695. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041695

  26. Gamez, C., Metcalfe, J., Prescott, S. L., & Palmer, D. J. (2021). Lower cord blood IL-17 and IL-25, but not other epithelial cell-derived cytokines are associated with atopic dermatitis in infancy. International Archives of Allergy Immunology, 182(6),474-478. DOI: 10.1159/000512919.

  27. Hagemann, E., Silva, D. T., Davis, J. A., Gibson, L. Y., & Prescott, S. L. (2021). Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD): The importance of life-course and transgenerational approaches. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews. DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2021.05.005
  28. Ibilola, O., & Silva, D. (2021). Environmental (Perinatal) risk factors of ADHD in a sibling control design study. Open Access Journal of Behavioural Science & Psychology, 4(1): 180052.

  29. COMMUNITY WELLBEING DURING COVID-19
    Sakalidis, V. S., Rea, A., Perrella, S. L., McEachran, J., Collis, G., Miraudo, J., Prosser, S. A, Gibson, L. Y., Silva, D., & Geddes, D. T. (2021). Wellbeing of breastfeeding women in Australia and New Zealand during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A cross-sectional study. Nutrients, 13(6), 1831-1846. DOI: 10.3390/nu13061831
  30. MUMS MINDS MATTER
    Finlay-Jones, A. L., Davis, J. A., O'Donovan, A., Kottampally, K., Ashley, R. A., Silva, D., Ohan, J. L., Prescott, S. L., & Downs, J. (2020). Comparing web-based mindfulness with loving-kindness and compassion training for promoting well-being in pregnancy: Protocol for a three-arm pilot randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 9(10), e19803. DOI: 10.2196/19803
  31. Johnson, B. Z., McAlister, S., McGuire, H. M., Palanivelu, V., Stevenson, A., Richmond, P., Palmer, D. J., Metcalfe, J., Prescott, S. L., Wood, F. M., Fazekas de St Groth, B., Linden, M. D., Fear, M. W., & Fear, V. S. (2020). Pediatric burn survivors have long-term immune dysfunction with diminished vaccine response. Frontiers in Immunology, 11, 1481. DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01481

  32. Jois, R. S., Tan, J. K., & Silva, D. (2020). Do probiotics in pregnancy reduce the risk of group B streptococcal colonisation? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(9), 1468-1472. DOI: 10.1111/jpc.15021

  33. Lai, C. L., Campbell, D. E., Palmer, D. J., Makrides, M., Santner-Nanan, B., Gold, M., Tan, J. W., Valerio, C., Nanan, R., Prescott, S. L., & Hsu, P. S. (2021). Longitudinal egg-specific regulatory T- and B-cell development: Insights from primary prevention clinical trials examining the timing of egg introduction. Allergy, 76(5), 1385–1397. DOI: 10.1111/all.14621

  34. Meldrum, S., Heaton, A., Foster, J., Prescott, S., & Simmer, K. (2020). Do infants of breast-feeding mothers benefit from additional long-chain PUFA from fish oil? A 6-year follow-up. British Journal of Nutrition, 124(7), 701-708. DOI: 10.1017/S000711452000135X

  35. Prescott, S. L. (2020). Allergy as a sentinel measure of planetary health and biodiversity loss. Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 75(9), 2358-2360. DOI: 10.1111/all.14255

  36. Rueter, K., Jones, A. P., Siafarikas, A., Lim, E. M., Prescott, S. L., & Palmer, D. J. (2020). In "High-Risk" infants with sufficient vitamin D status at birth, infant vitamin D supplementation had no effect on allergy outcomes: A randomized controlled trial. Nutrients, 12(6), 1747. DOI: 10.3390/nu12061747.
  37. Saw, C., Smit, A., Silva, D., Bulsara, M. K., Nguyen, E. T. T. T. (2020). Service evaluation and retrospective audit of electronic HEEADSSS (e-HEEADSSS) screening device in paediatric inpatient service in Western Australia. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1515/ijamh-2020-0120.

  38. THE ORIGINS PROJECT
    Silva, D. T., Hagemann, E., Davis, J. A., Gibson, L. Y., Srinivasjois, R., Palmer, D. J., Colvin, L., Tan, J., & Prescott, S. L. (2020). Introducing The ORIGINS project: A community-based interventional birth cohort. Reviews on Environmental Health, 35(3), 281-293. DOI: 10.1515/reveh-2020-0057
  39. Stinson, L. F., Gay, M., Koleva, P. T., Eggesbø, M., Johnson, C. C., Wegienka, G., du Toit, E., Shimojo, N., Munblit, D., Campbell, D. E., Prescott, S. L., Geddes, D. T., & Kozyrskyj, A. L. (2020). Human milk From atopic mothers has lower levels of short chain fatty acids. Frontiers in Immunology, 11, 1427. DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01427

  40. Wabnitz, K. J., Gabrysch, S., Guinto, R., Haines, A., Herrmann, M., Howard, C., Potter, T., Prescott, S. L., & Redvers, N. (2020). A pledge for planetary health to unite health professionals in the Anthropocene. Lancet (London, England), 396(10261), 1471-1473. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32039-0

  41. Willcox, J. C., Chai, D., Beilin, L. J., Prescott, S. L., Silva, D., Neppe, C., & Huang, R. C. (2020). Evaluating engagement in a digital and dietetic intervention promoting healthy weight gain in pregnancy: Mixed methods study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(6), e17845. DOI:2196/17845

  42. THE PLAN PROJECT
    Huang, R-C., Silva, D., Beilin, L., Neppe, C., Mackie, K. E., Roffey, E., Gibson, L. Y., D’Vaz, N., Christian, H., Reid, C. M., & Prescott, S. L. (2019) Feasibility of conducting an early pregnancy diet and lifestyle e-health intervention: the Pregnancy Lifestyle Activity Nutrition (PLAN) project. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 11(1), 58-70. DOI.org/10.1017/S2040174419000400
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