By Associate Professor Sue Rosemary Woolfenden

Book Chapters

Eapen V; Woolfenden S; Prescott S; Diaz AM; Dadds M, 2020, 'Chapter 4 Early life determinants of health: Invest early to break the cycle of long-term disadvantage in neurodevelopmental disorders', in Starting At the Beginning, Elsevier, pp. 61 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-819749-3.00004-x

Eapen V; Woolfenden S; prescott S; Mendoza Diaz A; Dadds M, 2020, 'Early life determinants of health: Invest early to break the cycle of long-term disadvantage in neurodevelopmental disorders. In: Starting at the Beginning: Laying the Foundation for Lifelong Mental Health', in Eds. Matthew Hodes, Susan Shur-Fen Gau, and Petrus De Vries Petrus J. de Vries), Elsevier., pp. 61 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819749-3.00004-X

Woolfenden SR; Williams K; Peat JK, 2017, 'Family and parenting interventions for conduct disorder and delinquency: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials', in Effective Interventions for Children in Need, pp. 257 - 262, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315256900-30

Woolfenden S; Ward J, 2007, 'Continuing Education', in Evidence-Based Pediatrics and Child Health with CD-ROM, pp. 151 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470987384.ch16

Yeoh B; Woolfenden S; Wheeler D; Alperstein G; Lanphear B, 2006, 'Household interventions for prevention of domestic lead exposure in children', in Yeoh B (ed.), , John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd006047

Zwi KJ; Woolfenden SR; Wheeler DM; O'Brien TA; Tait P; Williams KW, 2003, 'School-based education programmes for the prevention of child sexual abuse', in Zwi K (ed.), , John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd004380

Cooper CD; Wheeler DM; Woolfenden SR; Boss PM; Piper S, 2003, 'Specialist home-based nursing services for children with acute and chronic illnesses', in Cooper C (ed.), , John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd004383

Journal articles

Montgomery A; Masi A; Whitehouse A; Veenstra-VanderWeele J; Shuffrey L; Shen MD; Karlov L; Uljarevic M; Alvares G; Woolfenden S; Silove N; Eapen V, 2023, 'Identification of subgroups of children in the Australian Autism Biobank using latent class analysis', Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, vol. 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13034-023-00565-3

Wong-See H; Calik A; Ostojic K; Raman S; Woolfenden S, 2023, 'Clinical Pathways for the Identification and Referral for Social Needs: A Systematic Review', Pediatrics, vol. 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2022-056837

Mendoza Diaz A; Brooker R; Cibralic S; Murphy E; Woolfenden S; Eapen V, 2023, 'Adapting the 'First 2000 Days maternal and child healthcare framework' in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic: ensuring equity in the new world', Australian health review : a publication of the Australian Hospital Association, vol. 47, pp. 72 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH22228

Waight E; McIntyre S; Woolfenden S; Watson L; Reid S; Scott H; Martin T; Webb A; Badawi N; Smithers-Sheedy H, 2023, 'Temporal trends, clinical characteristics, and sociodemographic profile of post-neonatally acquired cerebral palsy in Australia, 1973–2012: A population-based observational study', Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, vol. 65, pp. 107 - 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.15293

Nguyen CQ; Kariyawasam D; Alba-Concepcion K; Grattan S; Hetherington K; Wakefield CE; Woolfenden S; Dale RC; Palmer EE; Farrar MA, 2022, '‘Advocacy groups are the connectors’: Experiences and contributions of rare disease patient organization leaders in advanced neurotherapeutics', Health Expectations, vol. 25, pp. 3175 - 3191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.13625

Cibralic S; Hawker P; Khan F; Mendoza Diaz A; Woolfenden S; Murphy E; Deering A; Schnelle C; Townsend S; Doyle K; Eapen V, 2022, 'Developmental Screening Tools Used with First Nations Populations: A Systematic Review', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, pp. 15627 - 15627, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315627

Eapen V; Winata T; Gilbert M; Nair R; Khan F; Lucien A; Islam R; Masi A; Lam-Cassettari C; Mendoza Diaz A; Dissanayake C; Karlov L; Descallar J; Eastwood J; Hasan I; Jalaludin B; Kohlhoff J; Liaw ST; Lingam R; Ong N; Tam CWM; Woolfenden S; Barbaro J, 2022, 'Parental experience of an early developmental surveillance programme for autism within Australian general practice: A qualitative study', BMJ Open, vol. 12, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064375

Brignell A; Harwood RC; May T; Woolfenden S; Montgomery A; Iorio A; Williams K, 2022, 'Overall prognosis of preschool autism spectrum disorder diagnoses', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012749.pub2

Hodgins M; Zurynski Y; Burley J; Pelly R; Hibbert PD; Woolfenden S; Le J; Germano S; Khano S; Morris TM; Wheeler K; Hiscock H; Lingam R, 2022, 'Protocol for the implementation evaluation of an integrated paediatric and primary care model: Strengthening Care for Children (SC4C)', BMJ Open, vol. 12, pp. e063450, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063450

Khano S; Sanci L; Woolfenden S; Zurynski Y; Dalziel K; Liaw ST; Boyle D; Freed GL; Moore C; Hodgins M; Le J; Morris TM; Germano S; Wheeler K; Lingam R; Hiscock H, 2022, 'Strengthening Care for Children (SC4C): protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial of an integrated general practitioner-paediatrician model of primary care', BMJ Open, vol. 12, pp. e063449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063449

Homaira N; Dickins E; Hodgson S; Chan M; Wales S; Gray M; Donnelly S; Burns C; Owens L; Plaister M; Flynn A; Andresen J; Keane K; Wheeler K; Gould B; Shaw N; Jaffe A; Breen C; Altman L; Woolfenden S, 2022, 'Impact of integrated care coordination on pediatric asthma hospital presentations', Frontiers in Pediatrics, vol. 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.929819

Marshall KH; D'udekem Y; Winlaw DS; Dalziel K; Woolfenden SR; Zannino D; Costa DSJ; Bishop R; Celermajer DS; Sholler GF; Kasparian NA, 2022, 'The Australian and New Zealand Fontan Registry Quality of Life Study: Protocol for a population-based assessment of quality of life among people with a Fontan circulation, their parents, and siblings', BMJ Open, vol. 12, pp. e065726, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065726

Mimmo L; Hodgins M; Samir N; Travaglia J; Woolfenden S; Harrison R, 2022, '‘Smiles and laughter and all those really great things’: Nurses' perceptions of good experiences of care for inpatient children and young people with intellectual disability', Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol. 78, pp. 2933 - 2948, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jan.15256

Woolfenden S; Farrar MA; Eapen V; Masi A; Wakefield CE; Badawi N; Novak I; Nassar N; Lingam R; Dale RC, 2022, 'Delivering paediatric precision medicine: Genomic and environmental considerations along the causal pathway of childhood neurodevelopmental disorders', Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, vol. 64, pp. 1077 - 1084, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.15289

White PA; Awad YA; Gauvin L; Spencer NJ; McGrath JJ; Clifford SA; Nikiema B; Yang-Huang J; Goldhaber-Fiebert JD; Markham W; Mensah FK; van Grieken A; Raat H; Jaddoe VWV; Ludvigsson J; Faresjö T; McGrath JJ; Séguin L; Spencer NJ; Pickett K; Raat H; Awad YA; White PA; Bai G; Bird P; Clifford SA; Faresjö Å; Faresjö T; Francis KL; Gauvin L; Goldfeld S; Goldhaber-Fiebert JD; Ludvigsson J; Markham W; Mensah FK; O’Connor E; Woolfenden S, 2022, 'Household income and maternal education in early childhood and risk of overweight and obesity in late childhood: Findings from seven birth cohort studies in six high-income countries', International Journal of Obesity, vol. 46, pp. 1703 - 1711, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41366-022-01171-7

Goldfeld S; Gray S; Pham C; Badland H; Woolfenden S; Schor E; O'Connor M, 2022, 'Leveraging Research to Drive More Equitable Reading Outcomes: An Update', Academic Pediatrics, vol. 22, pp. 1115 - 1117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2022.04.001

Hodgins M; Ostojic K; Hu N; Lawson KD; Samir N; Webster A; Rogers H; Henry A; Murphy E; Lingam R; Raman S; Mendoza Diaz A; Dadich A; Eapen V; Rimes T; Woolfenden S, 2022, 'Study protocol for a real-world evaluation of an integrated child and family health hub for migrant and refugee women', BMJ Open, vol. 12, pp. e061002, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061002

Leonard H; Montgomery A; Wolff B; Strumpher E; Masi A; Woolfenden S; Williams K; Eapen V; Finlay-Jones A; Whitehouse A; Symons M; Licari M; Varcin K; Alvares G; Evans K; Downs J; Glasson E, 2022, 'A systematic review of the biological, social, and environmental determinants of intellectual disability in children and adolescents', Frontiers in Psychiatry, vol. 13, pp. 926681, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.926681

Cibralic S; Alam M; Mendoza Diaz A; Woolfenden S; Katz I; Tzioumi D; Murphy E; Deering A; Mcnamara L; Raman S; Eapen V, 2022, 'Utility of screening for adverse childhood experiences (ACE) in children and young people attending clinical and healthcare settings: a systematic review', BMJ Open, vol. 12, pp. e060395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060395

Eapen V; Liaw ST; Lingam R; Woolfenden S; Jalaludin B; Page A; Kohlhoff J; Scott JG; Lawson KD; Lam-Cassettari C; Heussler H; Descallar J; Karlov L; Ong N; Colditz PB; Littlewood R; Murphy E; Deering A; Short K; Garg P; Blight V; Rodgers K; Chalmers L; Webb KL; Atkins H; Newcomb D; Beswick R; Thomas C; Marron C; Chambers A; Scheinpflug S; Statham M; Samaranayake D; Chay P; Tam CWM; Khan F; Diaz AM; Cibralic S; Winata T; Pritchard M, 2022, 'Watch me grow integrated (WMG-I): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of a web-based surveillance approach for developmental screening in primary care settings', BMJ Open, vol. 12, pp. e065823, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065823

Burley J; Samir N; Price A; Parker A; Zhu A; Eapen V; Contreras-Suarez D; Schreurs N; Lawson K; Lingam R; Grace R; Raman S; Kemp L; Bishop R; Goldfeld S; Woolfenden S, 2022, 'Connecting Healthcare with Income Maximisation Services: A Systematic Review on the Health, Wellbeing and Financial Impacts for Families with Young Children', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116425

Kohlhoff J; Dadich A; Varghese J; McKenzie A; Ong N; Pritchard M; Tam CWM; Woolfenden S; Blight V; Eastwood J; Garg P; Jalaludin B; Liaw ST; Murphy E; Schmied V; Williams K; Eapen V, 2022, 'Consumer and health professional perceptions of Watch Me Grow – Electronic (WMG-E) platform for developmental surveillance in early childhood', Australian Journal of General Practice, vol. 51, pp. 439 - 445, http://dx.doi.org/10.31128/AJGP-06-21-6043

Anderst A; Hunter K; Andersen M; Walker N; Coombes J; Raman S; Moore M; Ryan L; Jersky M; MacKenzie A; Stephensen J; Williams C; Timbery L; Doyle K; Lingam R; Zwi K; Sheppard-Law S; Erskine C; Clapham K; Woolfenden S, 2022, 'Screening and social prescribing in healthcare and social services to address housing issues among children and families: a systematic review', BMJ Open, vol. 12, pp. e054338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054338

Mimmo L; Harrison R; Travaglia J; Hu N; Woolfenden S, 2022, 'Inequities in quality and safety outcomes for hospitalized children with intellectual disability', Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, vol. 64, pp. 314 - 322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.15066

Hu N; Nassar N; Shrapnel J; Perkes I; Hodgins M; O'Leary F; Trudgett C; Eapen V; Woolfenden S; Knight K; Lingam R, 2022, 'The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric health service use within one year after the first pandemic outbreak in New South Wales Australia – a time series analysis', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, vol. 19, pp. 100311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100311

Price AMH; Contreras-Suárez D; Zhu A; Schreurs N; Measey MA; Woolfenden S; Burley J; Bryson H; Efron D; Rhodes A; Goldfeld S, 2022, 'Associations between ongoing COVID-19 lockdown and the financial and mental health experiences of Australian families', Australian Journal of Social Issues, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.252

Hill B; Williams M; Woolfenden S; Martin B; Palmer K; Nathan S, 2022, 'Healing journeys: experiences of young Aboriginal people in an urban Australian therapeutic community drug and alcohol program', Health Sociology Review, vol. 31, pp. 193 - 212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2022.2091948

Marshall KH; Pincus HA; Tesson S; Lingam R; Woolfenden SR; Kasparian NA, 2022, 'Integrated psychological care in pediatric hospital settings for children with complex chronic illness and their families: a systematic review', Psychology and Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2022.2072843

Coscini N; Heyes P; Bedford H; Cohen E; D'aprano A; Goldfeld S; Hargreaves D; Loveday S; Nejat S; Roberts G; Sarkadi A; Saunders NR; Woolfenden S; Milner K, 2022, 'Multicountry review: developmental surveillance, assessment and care by outpatient paediatricians', Archives of Disease in Childhood, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2021-322799

Hamill L; Kearns A; Doig L; Hesse M; Frederick D; Purcell A; Woolfenden S, 2022, 'Screening for unmet social needs in paediatric speech-language pathology to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals', International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2134456

Edwards K; Gardiner R; Craven S; D'Astoli M; Ha A; Woolfenden S; Harris-Roxas B; Burt K; Webster A; Parker J; Zeini R; Rimes T, 2022, 'A new way of working – improving transition to school through place-based cross-sector collaboration', Australian Journal of Community Work, vol. 2, pp. 1 - 20, https://www.acwa.org.au/ajcw/

Mimmo L; Woolfenden S; Travaglia J; Strnadová I; Phillips MTAK; Van Hoek MAD; Harrison R, 2021, 'Codesigning patient experience measures for and with children and young people with intellectual disability: A study protocol', BMJ Open, vol. 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050973

Eapen V; Woolfenden S; Schmied V; Jalaludin B; Lawson K; Liaw ST; Lingam R; Page A; Cibralic S; Winata T; Mendoza Diaz A; Lam-Cassettari C; Burley J; Boydell K; Lin P; Masi A; Katz I; Dadich A; Preddy J; Bruce J; Raman S; Kohlhoff J; Descallar J; Karlov L; Kaplun C; Arora A; Di Mento B; Smead M; Doyle K; Grace R; McClean T; Blight V; Wood A; Raine KH, 2021, '“Watch Me Grow- Electronic (WMG-E)” surveillance approach to identify and address child development, parental mental health, and psychosocial needs: study protocol', BMC Health Services Research, vol. 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-07243-0

Chan M; Gray M; Burns C; Owens L; Woolfenden S; Lingam R; Jaffe A; Homaira N, 2021, 'Community-based interventions for childhood asthma using comprehensive approaches: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology, vol. 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13223-021-00522-9

Burley J; Price AMH; Parker A; Samir N; Zhu A; Eapen V; Contreras-Suarez D; Schreurs N; Lawson KD; Lingam R; Grace R; Raman S; Kemp L; Chota S; Goldfeld S; Woolfenden S, 2021, 'Connecting healthcare with income maximisation services, and their financial, health and well-being impacts for families with young children: A systematic review protocol', BMJ Open, vol. 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056297

Goldfeld S; Moreno-Betancur M; Guo S; Mensah F; O'Connor E; Gray S; Chong S; Woolfenden S; Williams K; Kvalsvig A; Badland H; Azpitarte F; O'Connor M, 2021, 'Inequities in Children's Reading Skills: The Role of Home Reading and Preschool Attendance', Academic Pediatrics, vol. 21, pp. 1046 - 1054, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2021.04.019

Harding G; Hu N; Larter N; Montgomery A; Stephensen J; Callaghan L; Zwi K; Lingam R; Woolfenden S, 2021, 'Health status and health service use of urban Aboriginal children attending an Aboriginal community child health service in Sydney', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, vol. 57, pp. 1072 - 1077, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.15403

Parker A; Tek Chheng E; Nasi T; Orelly T; Aho G; Whitaker S; Weaver J; Phin S; Baker R; Woolfenden S; Currow K, 2021, 'Taking Paediatrics Abroad: Working with low- and middle-income countries in a global pandemic', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, vol. 57, pp. 981 - 985, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.15598

Price AMH; Zhu A; Nguyen HNJ; Contreras-Suárez D; Schreurs N; Burley J; Lawson KD; Kelaher M; Lingam R; Grace R; Raman S; Kemp L; Woolfenden S; Goldfeld S, 2021, 'Study protocol for the Healthier Wealthier Families (HWF) pilot randomised controlled trial: Testing the feasibility of delivering financial counselling to families with young children who are identified as experiencing financial hardship by community-based nurses', BMJ Open, vol. 11, pp. e044488, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044488

Masi A; Mendoza Diaz A; Tully L; Azim SI; Woolfenden S; Efron D; Eapen V, 2021, 'Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their parents', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, vol. 57, pp. 631 - 636, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.15285

Barbaro J; Masi A; Gilbert M; Nair R; Abdullahi I; Descallar J; Dissanayake C; Eastwood J; Hasan I; Jalaludin B; Karlov L; Khan F; Kohlhoff J; Liaw ST; Lingam R; Mendoza Diaz A; Ong N; Tam CWM; Unwin K; Woolfenden S; Eapen V, 2021, 'A Multistate Trial of an Early Surveillance Program for Autism Within General Practices in Australia', Frontiers in Pediatrics, vol. 9, pp. 640359, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.640359

Elliott C; Alexander C; Salt A; Spittle AJ; Boyd RN; Badawi N; Morgan C; Silva D; Geelhoed E; Ware RS; Ali A; McKenzie A; Bloom D; Sharp M; Ward R; Bora S; Prescott S; Woolfenden S; Le V; Davidson SA; Thornton A; Finlay-Jones A; Jensen L; Amery N; 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, vol. 11, pp. e041695, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041695

Ellis LA; Blakely B; Hazell P; Woolfenden S; Hiscock H; Sarkozy V; Gould B; Hibbert PD; Arnolda G; Ting HP; Wiles LK; Molloy CJ; Churruca K; Warwick M; Braithwaite J, 2021, 'Guideline adherence in the management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children: An audit of selected medical records in three Australian states', PLoS ONE, vol. 16, pp. e0245916, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245916

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