By Dr Karen Joy Zwi

Journal articles

Ostojic K; Karem I; Paget S; Berg A; Burnett H; Scott T; Martin T; Dee-Price BJ; McIntyre S; Smithers-Sheedy H; Mimmo L; Masi A; Scarcella M; Azmatullah S; Calderan J; Mohamed M; Olaso A; Van Hoek M; Van Hoek D; Woodbury M; Wilkinson A; Chambers G; Zwi K; Dale R; Eapen V; Lingam R; Strnadová I; Woolfenden S, 2024, 'EPIC-CP pilot trial study protocol: A multicentre, randomised controlled trial investigating the feasibility and acceptability of social prescribing for Australian children with cerebral palsy', BMJ Open, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076304

Larter N; Jersky M; Ryan L; Harding G; Moore M; Hamill L; Caplice S; Woolfenden S; Zwi K, 2024, 'Strength-Based approaches to providing an Aboriginal Community Child Health Service', International Journal of Indigenous Health, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.32799/ijih.v19i1.41292

Hu N; Gelaw YA; Katz I; Fernandez E; Falster K; Hanly M; Newton BJ; Stephensen J; Hotton P; Zwi K; Lingam R, 2024, 'Developmental trajectories of socio-emotional outcomes of children and young people in out-of-home care – Insights from data of Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study (POCLS)', Child Abuse and Neglect, 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106196

Ostojic K; Karem I; Paget S; Mimmo L; Berg A; Scott T; Burnett H; McIntyre S; Smithers-Sheedy H; Azmatullah S; Calderan J; Mohamed M; Olaso A; van Hoek D; van Hoek M; Woodbury M; Wilkinson A; Henry G; Shiva S; Zwi K; Lingam R; Dale R; Eapen V; Dee-Price BJ; Strnadová I; Woolfenden S, 2024, 'A qualitative study investigating the experiences of unmet social needs for children with cerebral palsy and their families: perspectives of parents and clinicians', Disability and Rehabilitation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2024.2391557

Amarasena L; Zwi K; Hu N; Lingam R; Raman S, 2023, 'Changing landscape of paediatric refugee health in South Western Sydney, Australia: A retrospective observational study', BMJ Open, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064497

Ostojic K; Paget S; Martin T; Dee-Price BJ; McIntyre S; Smithers Sheedy H; Mimmo L; Burnett H; Scott T; Berg A; Masi A; Scarcella M; Calderan J; Azmatullah S; Mohamed M; Woodbury M; Wilkinson A; Zwi K; Dale R; Eapen V; Lingam R; Strnadová I; Woolfenden S, 2023, 'Codesigning a social prescribing pathway to address the social determinant of health concerns of children with cerebral palsy and their families in Australia: A protocol for a mixed-methods formative research study', BMJ Open, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066346

Amarasena L; Samir N; Sealy L; Hu N; Rostami MR; Isaacs D; Gunasekera H; Young H; Agrawal R; Levitt D; Francis JR; Coleman J; Mares S; Larcombe P; Cherian S; Raman S; Lingam R; Zwi K, 2023, 'Offshore detention: cross-sectional analysis of the health of children and young people seeking asylum in Australia', Archives of Disease in Childhood, 108, pp. 185 - 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2022-324442

Wallace S; Scarcella M; Sealy L; Alexander S; Zwi K, 2022, 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with obesity: A review of programmes for children and young people aged 5–17 years', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58, pp. 2150 - 2155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.16267

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, 12, pp. e054338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054338

Hamill L; Doig L; Hunt-Madden C; Murray C; Beller P; Beller K; Moore M; Reynolds T; Parkin M; Woolfenden S; Zwi K; Goodger B; Purcell A, 2022, 'A co-developed speechlanguage pathology model of care for urban Aboriginal children', Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 24, pp. 8 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22087168.2022.12370345

Samir N; Amarasena L; Sealy L; Hodgins M; Gelaw Y; Lingam R; Zwi K, 2022, 'Ethics and governance for a multi-site study in Australia: Navigating the snakes and ladders', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58, pp. 16 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.15747

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, 57, pp. 1072 - 1077, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.15403

Hanna S; Zwi K; Tzioumi D, 2021, 'Morbidity in the COVID-19 era: Ethanol intoxication secondary to hand sanitiser ingestion', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 57, pp. 741 - 742, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.15017

Wells R; Murad M; Higgins M; Smith L; Lenette C; Lappin J; Dew A; Boydell K; Bibby H; Cassaniti M; Isaacs D; Raman S; Zwi K; Bibby H, 2021, 'Exploring the intersection of human rights, health, disability and refugee status: An arts-based approach', Australian Journal of Human Rights, 26, pp. 387 - 404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1323238X.2021.1882044

Jones B; Woolfenden S; Pengilly S; Breen C; Cohn R; Biviano L; Johns A; Worth A; Lamb R; Lingam R; Silove N; Marks S; Tzioumi D; Zwi K, 2020, 'COVID-19 pandemic: The impact on vulnerable children and young people in Australia', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56, pp. 1851 - 1855, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.15169

Robards F; Kang M; Luscombe G; Hawke C; Sanci L; Steinbeck K; Zwi K; Towns S; Usherwood T, 2020, 'Intersectionality: Social marginalisation and self-reported health status in young people', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218104

Raman S; Harries M; Nathawad R; Kyeremateng R; Seth R; Lonne B; Zwi K; Spencer NJ; Goldhagen J; Mercer R; Rubio B; Tamburlini G; Goldfeld S; Woolfenden S; Gander S; Oberg C, 2020, 'Where do we go from here? A child rights-based response to COVID-19', BMJ Paediatrics Open, 4, pp. e000714, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000714

Zwi K; Sealy L; Samir N; Hu N; Rostami R; Agrawal R; Cherian S; Coleman J; Francis J; Gunasekera H; Isaacs D; Larcombe P; Levitt D; Mares S; Mutch R; Newman L; Raman S; Young H; Norwood C; Lingam R, 2020, 'Asylum seeking children and adolescents in Australian immigration detention on Nauru: A longitudinal cohort study', BMJ Paediatrics Open, 4, pp. e000615, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2019-000615

Baker JR; Raman S; Kohlhoff J; George A; Kaplun C; Dadich A; Best CT; Arora A; Zwi K; Schmied V; Eapen V, 2019, 'Optimising refugee children's health/wellbeing in preparation for primary and secondary school: A qualitative inquiry', BMC Public Health, 19, pp. 812, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7183-5

Singer R; Zwi K; Menzies R, 2019, 'Predictors of in-hospital mortality in aboriginal children admitted to a tertiary paediatric hospital', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16111893

Sealy L; Zwi K; McDonald G; Saavedra A; Crawford L; Gunasekera H, 2019, 'Predictors of discharge against medical advice in a tertiary paediatric hospital', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16081326

Lee C; Hanly M; Larter N; Zwi K; Woolfenden S; Jorm L, 2019, 'Demographic and clinical characteristics of hospitalised unintentional poisoning in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal preschool children in New South Wales, Australia: A population data linkage study', BMJ Open, 9, pp. e022633, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022633

Kimla K; Nathanson D; Woolfenden S; Zwi K, 2019, 'Identification of vulnerability within a child and family health service', Australian Health Review, 43, pp. 171 - 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH17024

Nyanga R; Biviano L; Warren S; Windsor J; Zwi K; Gunasekera H, 2018, 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health-care delivery: The views of health-care professionals in Sydney's tertiary paediatric hospitals', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54, pp. 1023 - 1030, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.14072

Elliot C; Marais B; Williams P; Joshua P; Towle S; Hart G; Zwi K, 2018, 'Tuberculin skin test versus interferon-gamma release assay in refugee children: A retrospective cohort study', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54, pp. 834 - 839, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.13865

Zwi K; Mares S; Nathanson D; Tay AK; Silove D, 2018, 'The impact of detention on the social–emotional wellbeing of children seeking asylum: a comparison with community-based children', European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 27, pp. 411 - 422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-017-1082-z

Zwi K; Woodland L; Williams K; Palasanthiran P; Rungan S; Jaffe A; Woolfenden S, 2018, 'Protective factors for social-emotional well-being of refugee children in the first three years of settlement in Australia', Archives of Disease in Childhood, 103, pp. 261 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2016-312495

Freeman J; Murphy E; Woolfenden S; Waters E; Winters J; Callaghan L; Zwi K, 2018, 'Can a child and family health service improve early childhood health outcomes in an urban aboriginal community?', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54, pp. 541 - 545, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.13785

Elliot C; McUllagh C; Brydon M; Zwi K, 2018, 'Developing key performance indicators for a tertiary children's hospital network', Australian Health Review, 42, pp. 491 - 500, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH17263

Walsh K; Zwi K; Woolfenden S; Shlonsky A, 2018, 'School-Based Education Programs for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse: A Cochrane Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis', Research on Social Work Practice, 28, pp. 33 - 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049731515619705

Zwi K; Woodland L; Mares S; Rungan S; Palasanthiran P; Williams K; Woolfenden S; Jaffe A, 2017, 'Helping refugee children thrive: what we know and where to next.', Arch Dis Child, 103, pp. 529 - 532, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2017-314055

Zwi K; Rungan S; Woolfenden S; Woodland L; Palasanthiran P; Williams K, 2017, 'Refugee children and their health, development and well-being over the first year of settlement: A longitudinal study', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 53, pp. 841 - 849, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.13551

Zwi K; Morton N; Woodland L; Mallitt K-A; Palasanthiran P, 2017, 'Screening and Primary Care Access for Newly Arrived Paediatric Refugees in Regional Australia: A 5 year Cross-sectional Analysis (2007-12)', JOURNAL OF TROPICAL PEDIATRICS, 63, pp. 109 - 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmw059

Zwi K; Morton N; Woodland L; Mallitt KA; Palasanthiran P, 2017, 'Screening and primary care access for newly arrived paediatric refugees in regional Australia: A 5 year cross-sectional analysis (2007-12)', Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 63, pp. 109 - 117

Falster K; Banks E; Lujic S; Falster M; Lynch J; Zwi K; Eades S; Leyland AH; Jorm L, 2016, 'Inequalities in pediatric avoidable hospitalizations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in Australia: A population data linkage study', BMC Pediatrics, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-016-0706-7

Nathanson D; Woolfenden S; Zwi K, 2016, 'Is there a role for paediatric Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners in the management of child sexual assault in Australia?', Child Abuse and Neglect, 59, pp. 13 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.07.004

Zwi K; Rungan S; Woolfenden S; Williams K; Woodland L, 2016, 'Methods for a longitudinal cohort of refugee children in a regional community in Australia', BMJ open, 6, pp. e011387 - e011387, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011387

Jersky M; Titmuss A; Haswell M; Freeman N; Osborne P; Callaghan L; Winters J; Fitzpatrick S; Zwi K, 2016, 'Improving health service access and wellbeing of young Aboriginal parents in an urban setting: Mixed methods evaluation of an arts-based program', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40, pp. S115 - S121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12448

Walsh K; Zwi K; Woolfenden S; Shlonsky A, 2016, 'Assessing the effectiveness of school-based sexual abuse prevention programs', Family Matters, pp. 5 - 15

Woodland L; Kang M; Elliot C; Perry A; Eagar S; Zwi K, 2016, 'Evaluation of a school screening programme for young people from refugee backgrounds', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 52, pp. 72 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.12989

Gardner S; Woolfenden S; Callaghan L; Allende T; Winters J; Wong G; Caplice S; Zwi K, 2016, 'Picture of the health status of Aboriginal children living in an urban setting of Sydney', Australian Health Review, 40, pp. 337 - 344, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH14259

Thomas SL; Williams K; Ritchie J; Zwi K, 2015, 'Improving paediatric outreach services for urban Aboriginal children through partnerships: Views of community-based service providers', Child: Care, Health and Development, 41, pp. 836 - 842, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cch.12246

Zwi K; Joshua P; Moran P; White L, 2015, 'Prioritizing vulnerable children: Strategies to address inequity', Child: Care, Health and Development, 41, pp. 827 - 835, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cch.12265

Joshua P; Zwi K; Moran P; White L, 2015, 'Prioritizing vulnerable children: Why should we address inequity?', Child: Care, Health and Development, 41, pp. 818 - 826, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cch.12264

Paxton GA; Cherian S; Zwi KJ, 2015, 'The royal australasian college of physicians position statement on refugee and asylum seeker health', Medical Journal of Australia, 203, pp. 176 - 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja15.00593

Mares S; Zwi K, 2015, 'Sadness and fear: The experiences of children and families in remote Australian immigration detention', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 51, pp. 663 - 669, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.12954

Zwi K; Mares S, 2015, 'Stories from unaccompanied children in immigration detention: A composite account', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 51, pp. 658 - 662, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.12953

Zwi K; Paxton G; Cherian S; Francis J; Smith M; Napthali K; Johnston V; Voss L; Ofner E; Talley NJ, 2015, 'Summary of position statement on refugee and asylum-seeker health', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 51, pp. 657, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.12950

Talley NJ; Zwi KJ, 2015, 'Let the children go — advocacy for children in detention by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians', Medical Journal of Australia, 202, pp. 555 - 557, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja15.00515

Walsh K; Zwi K; Woolfenden S; Shlonsky A, 2015, 'School-based education programmes for the prevention of child sexual abuse', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD004380.pub3

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