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Sustainability in undergraduate nursing clinical simulation: A mixed methods study exploring attitudes, knowledge and practices Open

Bangyun Wang, Louise Sheehy, Astrid Frotjold, Tamara Power, Gemma Saravanos · 2025

Climate change is among the greatest of threats to human health. Paradoxically the health system is a contributor to planetary degradation through emissions and waste. Climate change and sustainability are important issues for the nursing …

Strengthening Immunization Data: Protocol for the Evaluation of an Electronic Immunization Register Open

Meru Sheel, Cyra Patel, Gemma Saravanos, Michelle Lynch, Adeline Tinessia , et al. · 2025

Background Electronic immunization registers (EIRs) can strengthen immunization systems and, if used effectively, can lead to greater efficiency and improvements in vaccination coverage. Several low- and middle-income countries introduced …

Immunisation health workforce capacity building in Southeast Asia: reflections from training programme implementation in Cambodia and Lao PDR Open

Gemma Saravanos, Alvin Kuo Jing Teo, Esabelle Lo Yan Yam, Sophia Chou, Niramonh Chanlivong , et al. · 2025

The Immunization Agenda 2030 emphasises the need for a motivated, skilled and knowledgeable workforce equipped to plan, manage, implement and monitor immunisation programmes at all levels. The rapid introduction of COVID-19 vaccines during…

Respiratory virus detections in children presenting to an Australian paediatric referral hospital pre-COVID-19 pandemic, January 2014 to December 2019 Open

Rebecca Burrell, Gemma Saravanos, Alison Kesson, Kin‐Chuen Leung, Alexander C. Outhred , et al. · 2025

Acute respiratory infections cause significant paediatric morbidity, but for pathogens other than influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and SARS-CoV-2, systematic monitoring is not commonly performed. This retrospective analysis of…

Planetary health and person‐centred healthcare practice Open

Vaibhav Tyagi, Gemma Saravanos, Moira Dunsmore, Tamara Power, Brendan McCormack · 2024

The interdependence between healthy people and a healthy planet is increasingly recognized. 'The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change' has called for a 'people-centred', health-driven transformation to combat the effects of climat…

Infection prevention and control programme priorities for sustainable health and environmental systems Open

Gemma Saravanos, Md Saiful Islam, Yuanfei Huang, Jocelyne M. Basseal, Holly Seale , et al. · 2024

Unintended impacts of COVID-19 on the epidemiology and burden of paediatric respiratory infections Open

Rebecca Burrell, Gemma Saravanos, Philip N Britton · 2023

Acute respiratory infections (ARI), especially lower respiratory infections (LRI), are a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality globally. Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) employed during the COVID-19 pandemic have impacte…

Variation in clinical practice guidelines for use of palivizumab in preventing severe respiratory syncytial viral (RSV) disease in high‐risk infants Open

Eunice Stiboy, Mei Chan, Md Saiful Islam, Gemma Saravanos, Kei Lui , et al. · 2023

Background Uniformity and compliance with clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for use of palivizumab in preventing severe respiratory syncytial viral infection in Australian high‐risk infants remain unclear. Methods An online survey was co…

<span>COVID</span> ‐19 in New South Wales children during 2021: severity and clinical spectrum Open

Phoebe Williams, Archana Koirala, Gemma Saravanos, Laura López, Catherine Glover , et al. · 2022

Most SARS-CoV-2 infections (Delta variant) in children were asymptomatic or associated with mild disease. Hospitalisation was relatively infrequent, and most common for infants, adolescents, and children with other medical conditions. More…

COVID-19 in children in NSW, Australia, during the 2021 Delta outbreak: Severity and Disease spectrum Open

Phoebe Williams, Archana Koirala, Gemma Saravanos, Laura López, Catherine Glover , et al. · 2021

Objective(s) To describe the severity and clinical spectrum of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Australian children during the 2021 Delta outbreak. Design, Setting & Participants A prospective cohort study of children <16 years with a positive SARS…

Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Associated Neurologic Complications in Children: A Systematic Review and Aggregated Case Series Open

Gemma Saravanos, Catherine King, Lucy Deng, Nicole Dinsmore, Isabelle Ramos , et al. · 2021

COVID-19 public health measures and respiratory syncytial virus Open

Philip N Britton, Nan Hu, Gemma Saravanos, Jane Shrapnel, Jake Davis , et al. · 2020

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Australian educational settings: a prospective cohort study Open

Kristine Macartney, Helen Quinn, Alexis Pillsbury, Archana Koirala, Lucy Deng , et al. · 2020

A high proportion of interseasonal childhood influenza cases in 2019 were travel related Open

Lucy Deng, Paula Mazzocato, Gemma Saravanos, Karin Leder, Philip N Britton · 2020

Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) 2017 and 2018: Prospective hospital-based surveillance for serious paediatric conditions Open

Jocelynne McRae, Helen Quinn, Gemma Saravanos, Samantha Carlson, Philip N Britton , et al. · 2020

Introduction The Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) network is a hospital-based active surveillance system employing prospective case ascertainment for selected serious childhood conditions, particularly vaccine-preven…

Respiratory syncytial virus‐associated hospitalisations in Australia, 2006–2015 Open

Gemma Saravanos, Meru Sheel, Nusrat Homaira, Aditi Dey, Edward Brown , et al. · 2019

Prevention strategies targeting infants, such as maternal or early infant vaccination, would probably have the greatest impact in reducing RSV disease rates. Further characterisation of RSV disease epidemiology, particularly in older adult…

Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) annual report 2016: Prospective hospital-based surveillance for serious paediatric conditions Open

Jocelynne McRae, Helen Quinn, Gemma Saravanos, Alissa McMinn, Philip N Britton , et al. · 2019

Introduction The Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) network is a hospital-based active surveillance system employing prospective case ascertainment for selected serious childhood conditions, particularly vaccine preven…

Evaluation of national guidelines for bronchiolitis: AGREEments and controversies Open

Diana Cavaye, Daniel P. Roberts, Gemma Saravanos, Zhen Y Hsu, Risa Miyajima , et al. · 2018

Aim Bronchiolitis is a common respiratory illness and is a leading cause of hospitalisation in infancy. We aimed to appraise three recent national bronchiolitis guidelines produced by the Australasian Paediatric Research in Emergency Depar…

Vaccine‐preventable child deaths in New South Wales from 2005 to 2014: How much is preventable? Open

Anastasia Phillips, Frank Beard, Kristine Macartney, Jocelyn Chan, Robin Gilmour , et al. · 2018

Aim To identify and describe potentially vaccine‐preventable child deaths in New South Wales (NSW). Methods Child deaths in NSW from 2005 to 2014 potentially preventable by vaccination were identified from the NSW Child Death Register (mai…

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