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Investigators:
Prof Helen Milroy, Dr Alix Woolard, Prof Fiona Wood, Prof Ashleigh Lin, Dr Lisa Martin, Nicole Wickens, Elmie Janse van Rensberg, and Lisa McGivern
Project description:
Burns are a common cause of emergency presentations, and most burn injuries happen to children and adolescents. Children who experience a burn injury are significantly more likely to develop poor mental health outcomes compared to a non-injured population, regardless of how severe the burn injury is. We think this is due to many factors, such as long hospital stays, scarring, and painful wounds that can take a long time to heal. It is important to provide good psychological care after a burn injury, however this is not always the case, and limited research has been done in understanding the psychological outcomes of burn injuries for children.
Our team on the Wellbeing project are trying to understand the psychological outcomes of a burn injury and are employing a brief co-designed trauma-focused intervention to help children and their families build up resilience and good mental health following a burn injury.
More information: Please contact Alix Woolard on (08) 6319 1823 or alix.woolard@telethonkids.org.au
Funders of the project:
Channel 7 Telethon Trust