By Dr Nan Hu

Journal articles

Zwi K; Rahman Khan J; Wallace S; van Beek A; Kearns A; Keogh C; Lee A; Rana R; Majidi S; Hu N; Lingam R, 2025, 'Assessing Inequities in Hospital Outcomes for Australian Children From Underserved Populations.', Hosp Pediatr, 15, pp. 423 - 432, http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2024-007902

Singh R; Leung S; Sawrikar V; McHugh C; Hu N; Ardill-Young O; Lingam R; Eapen V; Hodgins M; Curtis J, 2025, 'Increasing Youth Peer Workers' Impact Through Integration: Peer Worker Perspectives on Best Practice in Youth Mental Health', Health Expectations, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.70223

Zwi K; Majidi S; Khan JR; Van Beek A; Kearns A; Rana R; Nobilo A; Vernon B; Hodgins M; Wallace S; Hu N; Lingam R, 2025, 'Providing Enhanced Access to Child Health Services (PEACH) at Sydney Children's Hospital Network: A study protocol', BMJ Open, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086107

Khan JR; John JR; Middleton PM; Huang Y; Lin PI; Hu N; Jalaludin B; Chay P; Lingam R; Eapen V, 2025, 'Factors associated with extended length of stay for paediatric mental health presentations to EDs in South Western Sydney, Australia', EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.70003

John JR; Khan JR; Middleton PM; Huang Y; Lin PI; Hu N; Jalaludin B; Chay P; Lingam R; Eapen V, 2025, 'Mental health help-seeking behaviours among children and young people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities in a multicultural urban Australian population', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59, pp. 171 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674241310702

John JR; Khan JR; Middleton PM; Huang Y; Lin DPI; Hu N; Jalaludin B; Chay P; Lingam R; Eapen V, 2024, 'Self-harm-related mental health presentations to emergency departments by children and young people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups in South Western Sydney', BJPsych Open, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.763

Ozturk A; Chan M; Khan JR; Hu N; Mcmullan B; Britton PN; Bartlett A; Kandasamy R; Saravanos GL; Prentice B; Shi T; Jaffe A; Owens L; Homaira N, 2024, 'Clinical Characteristics and In-hospital Outcomes Associated With Respiratory Syncytial Virus vs Other Viral Acute Lower Respiratory Infections in Hospitalized Children Younger Than 2 Years', JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiae543

Cecil E; Forman J; Newham J; Hu N; Lingam R; Wolfe I, 2024, 'Investigating a novel population health management system to increase access to healthcare for children: A nested cross-sectional study within a cluster randomised controlled trial', BMJ Quality and Safety, 33, pp. 694 - 703, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2024-017223

Hodgins M; Samir N; Woolfenden S; Hu N; Schneuer F; Nassar N; Lingam R, 2024, 'Alpha NSW: What would it take to create a state-wide paediatric population-level learning health system?', Health Information Management Journal, 53, pp. 217 - 226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/18333583231176597

McHugh C; Hu N; Georgiou G; Hodgins M; Leung S; Cadiri M; Paul N; Ryall V; Rickwood D; Eapen V; Curtis J; Lingam R, 2024, 'Integrated care models for youth mental health: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58, pp. 747 - 759, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674241256759

Mackle R; Gonzalez CC; Chan M; Hodgins M; Hu N; Angell B; Owens L; Fletcher J; McCrossin T; Piper S; Doyle AK; Woolfenden S; Gould B; Ward F; Lingam R; Jaffe A; Gray M; Homaira N; Du H; Haggie S; Flynn A; Bell R; O'Meara M; Crum M; Langstaff C; Molnar K; Zanotti T; Molloy S; Dove C; Hoye A; Reed A; Campbell T; Hutchinson A; Meldrum D; Hodges J; Wilson M; Shaw B; Ratoni T; Petersen S; Greenway K; Carmichael T; Johnston M; Hill S; Saberi E; Behari K; Sweeney S; Moore T; Smeets TI; Eather N; Hunt S; Fryer A; Nichols B; Connors J; De Groot A; Tyler T; Leccese K; Harrison P; Mitchell A; Bonal M; Singh R; Smith D; Hale M; Lloyd C; White JA; Geale L; Hankinson J; Eddie S; Fisher K; Buck G; Tozer A; King F; Vartiainen A; Archer K; Howard D; Williams L; Fitzgerald D; Sgarlata J; Berry M; Edwards R; Streat K; Mannix P; Cole K; Reedy G; Hayes K; De Keizer S; McNamara P, 2024, 'Asthma Care from Home: Study protocol for an effectiveness-implementation evaluation of a virtually enabled asthma care initiative in children in rural NSW', PLoS ONE, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304711

Lingam R; Hu N; Cecil E; Forman J; Newham J; Satherley RM; Bori MS; Cousens S; Fox-Rushby J; Wolfe I, 2024, 'Changing contexts of child health: An assessment of unmet physical, psychological and social needs of children with common chronic childhood illness', Archives of Disease in Childhood, 109, pp. 488 - 496, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2023-326766

Lim SA; Chan M; Hu N; McMullan B; Britton PN; Bartlett A; Kandasamy R; Saravanos GL; Prentice B; Jaffe A; Owens L; Homaira N, 2024, 'Risk Factors and Clinical Prognosis Associated with RSV-ALRI Intensive Care Unit Admission in Children <2 Years of Age: A Multicenter Study', Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 43, pp. 511 - 517, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000004288

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

Newton BJ; Katz I; Gray P; Frost S; Gelaw Y; Hu N; Lingam R; Stephensen J, 2024, 'Restoration from out-of-home care for Aboriginal children: Evidence from the pathways of care longitudinal study and experiences of parents and children', Child Abuse and Neglect, 149, pp. 106058, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106058

Rashid MM; Ahmed S; Owens L; Hu N; Jaffe A; Homaira N, 2024, 'Asthma-community acquired pneumonia co-diagnosis in children: a scoping review', Journal of Asthma, 61, pp. 282 - 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02770903.2023.2280843

Tellegen CL; Schoch M; Hodges J; Peters K; Sanders MR; Tonge B; Einfeld S; Sofronoff K; Gray KM; Howlin P; Emerson E; Arciuli J; Rice L; Horstead S; Clarke K; Bezzina L; Evans H; Andersson E; McAuliffe Z; Haas K; Louie E; Hoath F; Worrall S; Stace L; Silove N; Kostelas P; Caruana J; Dossetor D; Salvador-Carulla L; Henderson K; Phillis K; Rotolone C; Henry T; Panahi B; Aery A; Hinton S; Thompson DM; Ommensen B; Mazzucchelli T; Taffe J; Hu N; Boland R; Knott R; O'Hagan G; Rose O; Shortt F; Cawood D; Blackmore R; Wallman E; Keating C; Teague S; Viney R; Goodall S; Arora S, 2024, 'The role of social identity and self-efficacy in predicting service providers’ use of Stepping Stones Triple P following training', Children and Youth Services Review, 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107318

Hodgins M; McHugh C; Eapen V; Hu N; Cadiri M; Curtis J; Lingam R, 2023, 'A framework for evaluating the implementation and maintenance of integration within the youth mental health system.', International Journal of Integrated Care, 23, pp. 518 - 518, http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.icic23537

Wolfe I; Forman J; Cecil E; Newham J; Hu N; Satherley R; Soley-Bori M; Fox-Rushby J; Cousens S; Lingam R, 2023, 'Effect of the Children and Young People's Health Partnership model of paediatric integrated care on health service use and child health outcomes: a pragmatic two-arm cluster randomised controlled trial', The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 7, pp. 830 - 843, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(23)00216-X

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

Lingam R; Smithers-Sheedy H; Hodgson S; Hutchinson K; Morris TM; Hu N; Nassar N; Schroeder EA; Rana R; Dickins E; Bula K; Zurynski Y, 2023, 'Evaluation of RuralkidsGPS; A Novel Integrated Paediatric Care Coordination Model of Care in Rural Australia – a Mixed-Methods Study Protocol', International Journal of Integrated Care, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.7008

Fardell JE; Hu N; Wakefield CE; Marshall G; Bell J; Lingam R; Nassar N, 2023, 'Impact of Hospitalizations due to Chronic Health Conditions on Early Child Development', Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 48, pp. 799 - 811, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsad025

John JR; Khan JR; Lin PI; Jonnagaddala J; Hu N; Belcher J; Liaw ST; Lingam R; Eapen V, 2023, 'A nationwide study of COVID-19 impact on mental health-related presentations among children and adolescents to primary care practices in Australia', Psychiatry Research, 326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115332

David-Wilathgamuwa S; Hu N; Meyers T; O'Loughlin R; Lingam R, 2023, 'Socioemotional and behavioural difficulties in children with chronic physical conditions: Analysis of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children', Archives of Disease in Childhood, 108, pp. 569 - 575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2022-325069

Southcombe F; Vivekanandarajah S; Krstic S; Lin F; Chay P; Williams M; Khan JR; Hu N; Eapen V; Dennis S; Denney-Wilson E; Lingam R, 2023, 'More than just body mass index: Using the Edmonton obesity staging system for pediatrics to define obesity severity in a multi-ethnic Australian pediatric clinical cohort', Obesity Science and Practice, 9, pp. 285 - 295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/osp4.648

Khan JR; Hu N; Lin PI; Eapen V; Nassar N; John J; Curtis J; Rimmer M; O’Leary F; Vernon B; Lingam R, 2023, 'COVID-19 and Pediatric Mental Health Hospitalizations', Pediatrics, 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2022-058948

Khan JR; Muurlink O; Hu N; Awan N; Lingam R, 2023, 'Pregnancy, spousal connectedness, and young married women’s mental health: an analysis of the Bangladesh adolescent health and wellbeing survey', Archives of Women's Mental Health, 26, pp. 235 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00737-023-01302-7

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

Li D; Yu YY; Hu N; Zhang M; Sun FL; Liu L; Fan LM; Ruan SS; Wang F; Rosa-Neto P; Yu JT, 2023, 'Composite Indices of the Color-Picture Version of Boston Naming Test Have Better Discriminatory Power: Reliability and Validity in a Chinese Sample with Diverse Neurodegenerative Diseases', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 94, pp. 393 - 404, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-221227

Homaira N; Hu N; Owens L; Chan M; Gray M; Britton PN; Selvadurai H; Lingam R; Jaffe A, 2022, 'Impact of lockdowns on paediatric asthma hospital presentations over three waves of COVID-19 pandemic', Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13223-022-00691-1

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, 12, pp. e061002, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061002

Li D; Yu YY; Hu N; Zhang M; Liu L; Fan LM; Ruan SS; Wang F, 2022, 'A Color-Picture Version of Boston Naming Test Outperformed the Black-and-White Version in Discriminating Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Alzheimer's Disease', Frontiers in Neurology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.884460

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, 64, pp. 314 - 322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.15066

Hu N; Fardell J; Wakefield CE; Marshall GM; Bell JC; Nassar N; Lingam R, 2022, 'School academic performance of children hospitalised with a chronic condition', Archives of Disease in Childhood, 107, pp. 289 - 296, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-321285

Saravanos GL; Hu N; Homaira N; Muscatello DJ; Jaffe A; Bartlett AW; Wood NJ; Rawlinson W; Kesson A; Lingam R; Britton PN, 2022, 'RSV Epidemiology in Australia Before and During COVID-19', Pediatrics, 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2021-053537

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, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100311

Homaira N; Binks M; Walker G; Larter N; Clark K; Campbell M; McHugh L; Briggs N; Nyiro J; Stelzer-Braid S; Hu N; Macartney K; Snelling T; Omer SB; Rawlinson W; Andrews R; Jaffe A, 2022, 'Transplacental transfer of RSV antibody in Australian First Nations infants', Journal of Medical Virology, 94, pp. 782 - 786, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.27383

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

Borland RL; Hu N; Tonge B; Einfeld S; Gray KM, 2020, 'Participation in sport and physical activity in adults with intellectual disabilities', Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 64, pp. 908 - 922, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jir.12782

Britton PN; Hu N; Saravanos G; Shrapnel J; Davis J; Snelling T; Dalby-Payne J; Kesson AM; Wood N; Macartney K; McCullagh C; Lingam R, 2020, 'COVID-19 public health measures and respiratory syncytial virus', The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 4, pp. e42 - e43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30307-2

Bell J; Lingam R; Wakefield CE; Fardell JE; Zeltzer J; Hu N; Woolfenden S; Callander E; Marshall GM; Nassar N, 2020, 'Prevalence, hospital admissions and costs of child chronic conditions: A population-based study', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56, pp. 1365 - 1370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.14932

Teague SJ; Newman LK; Tonge BJ; Gray KM; Aery A; Andersson E; Arciuli J; Arora S; Bezzina L; Blackmore R; Borland R; Caruana J; Cawood D; Clarke K; Day J; Dossetor D; Einfeld S; Emerson E; Evans H; Fernandez A; Goodall S; Gray KM; Haas K; Henderson K; Henry T; Hinton S; Hoath F; Hodges J; Horstead S; Howlin P; Hu N; Keating C; Kelly E; Knott R; Kotselas P; Louie E; McAuliffe Z; O’Hagan G; Panahi B; Phillis K; Rice L; Rose O; Rotolone C; Salvador-Carulla L; Sanders M; Schoch M; Shortt F; Silove N; Sofronoff K; Stace L; Taffe J; Teague SJ; Thompson DM; Viney R; Wallman E, 2020, 'Attachment and child behaviour and emotional problems in autism spectrum disorder with intellectual disability', Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 33, pp. 475 - 487, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jar.12689

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

Hu N; Taylor CL; Glauert RA; Li J, 2019, 'The pervasive effects of timing of parental mental health disorders on adolescent deliberate self-harm risk', PLoS ONE, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220704

Teague SJ; Newman LK; Tonge BJ; Gray KM; Aery A; Andersson E; Arciuli J; Arora S; Bezzina L; Blackmore R; Borland R; Caruana J; Cawood D; Clarke K; Day J; Dossetor D; Einfeld S; Emerson E; Evans H; Fernandez A; Goodall S; Haas K; Henderson K; Henry T; Hinton S; Hoath F; Hodges J; Horstead S; Howlin P; Hu N; Keating C; Kelly E; Knott R; Kotselas P; Louie E; McAuliffe Z; O’Hagan G; Panahi B; Phillis K; Rose O; Rotolone C; Salvador-Carulla L; Sanders M; Schoch M; Shortt F; Silove N; Sofronoff K; Stace L; Taffe J; Thompson DM; Wallman E; Viney R, 2018, 'Caregiver Mental Health, Parenting Practices, and Perceptions of Child Attachment in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder', Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48, pp. 2642 - 2652, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3517-x

Rice LJ; Einfeld SL; Hu N; Carter CS, 2018, 'A review of clinical trials of oxytocin in Prader-Willi syndrome', CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHIATRY, 31, pp. 123 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0000000000000391

Downs J; Rodger J; Li C; Tan X; Hu N; Wong K; De Klerk N; Leonard H, 2018, 'Environmental enrichment intervention for Rett syndrome: An individually randomised stepped wedge trial', Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13023-017-0752-8

Hu N; Li J; Glauert RA; Taylor CL, 2017, 'Influence of exposure to perinatal risk factors and parental mental health related hospital admission on adolescent deliberate self-harm risk', European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 26, pp. 791 - 803, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-017-0948-4

Hu N; Taylor C; Li J; Glauert R, 2017, 'The impact of child maltreatment on the risk of deliberate self-harm among adolescents: A population-wide cohort study using linked administrative records', Child Abuse and Neglect, 67, pp. 322 - 337, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.03.012

Hu N; Taylor C; Glauert R; Li J; Wong J, 2017, 'Influence of early life exposure to social disadvantages on deliberate self-harm (DSH) among children of parents with mental health disorders', International Journal of Population Data Science, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v1i1.214

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