Publications by authors named "A W Heywood"
Background: A health assets-based approach seeks to identify health-promoting or protective factors across multiple levels. Evidence of the health assets of refugees at the individual, family, and community levels in Australia is scarce. We aimed to synthesise current evidence from Australia to identify refugee health assets and explore how they influence health and well-being.
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- A study was conducted on children with new tic disorders (less than 9 months) to explore the relationship between subcortical brain structure and tic symptoms over time.
- The research involved 187 children, grouping them into those with new tic disorders (NT), tic-free healthy controls (HC), and those with chronic tic disorders/Tourette syndrome (TS), assessing brain scans and tic severity scores.
- Findings revealed distinct structural differences, such as a larger right hippocampus in NT children and specific patterns of brain deformation, which could serve as early indicators of tic disorder outcomes regarding symptom improvement.
Background: Refugees resettled in Australia may experience significant physical, mental and emotional health issues on arrival and difficulty accessing mainstream healthcare that often demands specialised services. It is not known if and how refugee health needs and service use change over time and generations, how this compares with the broader Australian population and what level of resourcing is required to maintain specialised services. There is also a significant knowledge gap concerning the resources and skills of refugees that can be harnessed to sustain the health and well-being of individuals and communities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) is a highly prevalent proteinopathy that is involved in neurodegenerative processes, including axonal damage. To date, no ante mortem biomarkers exist for TDP-43, and few studies have directly assessed its impact on neuroimaging measures utilizing pathologic quantification.
Methods: Ante mortem diffusion-weighted images were obtained from community-dwelling older adults.