Current publications:

  • Leckning B, Borschmann R, Guthridge S, Silburn SR, Robinson GW (2022). Suicides in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people following hospital admission for suicidal ideation and self-harm: A retrospective cohort study from Australia’s Northern Territory. ANZP 2022 1-10 doi: 10.1177/00048674221099822
  • He VY, Nutton G, Graham A, Hirschausen L, Su JY. (2021) Pathways to school success: Self-regulation and executive function, preschool attendance and early academic achievement of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in Australia’s Northern Territory. PloS One. 2021 Nov 11;16(11): e0259857.
  • https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259857
  • Leckning B, He VY, Condon JR, Hirvonen T, Milroy H, Guthridge S (2021). Patterns of child protection service involvement by Aboriginal children associated with a higher risk of self-harm in adolescence: A retrospective population cohort study using linked administrative data. Child Abuse Negl; 2021; 113:104931 doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.104931
  • He VY, Leckning B, Malvaso C, Williams T, Liddle L, Guthridge S. (2021). Opportunities for prevention: A data-linkage study to inform a public health response to youth offending in the Northern Territory, Australia. BMC Public Health 2021;21:1600. doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11645-4
  • He VY, Guthridge SL, Su JY, Howard D, Stothers K, Leach A. (2020). The link between hearing impairment and child maltreatment among Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory of Australia: Is there opportunity for a public health approach in child protection? BMC Public Health; 2020; 20:49 doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8456-8
  • Leckning B, Borschmann R, Guthridge S, Bradley P, Silburn S, Robinson G (2020). Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal emergency department presentations involving suicide-related thoughts and behaviours: characteristics and discharge arrangements.  Crisis; 2020; 41(6)459-468. doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000675
  • Su JY, Guthridge S, He V, Howard D, Leach A. (2020). The impact of hearing impairment on early childhood development in Australian Aboriginal children: a data linkage study. J Paediatr Child Health 2020; 56:1597-1606 doi:10.1111/jpc.15044
  • Su JY, Guthridge S, He V, Howard D, Leach A (2020) The impact of hearing impairment on early academic achievement in Northern Territory Aboriginal children: a data linkage study. BMC Public Health; 2020; 20:1521.  doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09620-6
  • Su JY, He VY, Guthridge SL, Silburn S. (2020).  The impact of hearing impairment on the life trajectories of Aboriginal children in remote Australia: protocol for the hearing loss in kids study JMIR Res Protoc 2020;9(1): e15464 doi: 10.2196/15464
  • Su JY, Guthridge S, He V, Howard D, Leach A. (2019). The impact of hearing impairment on Aboriginal children's school attendance in remote Northern Territory: a data linkage study.  Aust NZ J Public Health. 2019;43:544-500 doi; 10.1111/1753-6405.12948
  • He VY, Su JY, Guthridge SL, Malvaso CG, Howard, Williams T, Leach A. (2019) Hearing and justice: The link between hearing impairment in early childhood and youth offending in Aboriginal children living in remote communities of the Northern Territory, Australia. Health Justice; 2019; 16 doi: 10.1186/s40352-019-0097-6
  • Leckning B, Robinson G, Guthridge S, He V. (2019). Exploring risk profiles of young people with self-harm hospital admissions in the Northern Territory. Darwin: Menzies School of Health Research.
  • He V, Guthridge S, Leckning S. (2019). From Birth to Five: A multiagency data-linkage study to inform a public health response to child protection in the Northern Territory. Darwin: Menzies School of Health Research.
  • He V, Guthridge S, Leckning S. (2019). Protection and Justice: A study of the crossover of Northern Territory children between two services. Darwin: Menzies School of Health Research.
  • McHugh L, Andrews RM, Leckning B, Snelling, T, Binks MJ. (2019). Baseline incidence of adverse birth outcomes and infant influenza and pertussis hospitalisations prior to the introduction of influenza and pertussis vaccination in pregnancy: a data linkage study of 78 382 mother-infant pairs, Northern Territory, Australia, 1994-2015. Epidemiology and Infection, 147, e233. doi:10.1017/S0950268819001171.
  • Cobb-Clark D, Kettlewell N, Schurer S, Silburn S. (2017). The effect of quarantining welfare on school attendance in Indigenous communities. (pp. 1-54). (LCC Working Paper Series: 2017-22). Life Course Centre.
  • Doyle M, Schurer S, Silburn S. (2017). Do welfare restrictions improve child health? Estimating the causal impact of income management in the Northern Territory. (pp. 1-72). (LCC Working Paper Series: 2017-23). Life Course Centre.
  • Guthridge S, He V, Silburn S.  (2017). ‘A statistical overview of children’s involvement with the NT child protection system’, Royal Commission into Protection and Detention of Northern Territory Children Exh 512.00 2017
  • McEwen EC, Guthridge SL, He VYF, et al. (2017) What birthweight percentile is associated with optimal perinatal mortality and childhood education outcomes? American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 218(2), S7121-S724. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.11.574.
  • Guthridge S, Li L, Silburn, S, et al.  (2016). Early influences on developmental outcomes among children, at age 5, in Australia’s Northern Territory." Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 35, 124-134.
  • Guthridge S, Li L, Silburn S, Li SQ, McKenzie J, Lynch J. (2015). The impact of perinatal health and socio-demographic factors on educational outcomes: a population study of children attending government schools in the Northern Territory. J Paediatr Child Health; 51(8),778-86.
  • Silburn, S.R., McKenzie, J., Guthridge, S., & Li, Q.S. (2014). Unpacking educational inequality in the Northern Territory. Australian Council for Education Research Conference Proceedings.

Earlier publications:

  • Silburn S. (2017). Strengthening the Foundations of Learning: Investing in Early Childhood Development. In A Lian, K Yew Lie & P Kell (Eds) Challenges in Global Learning: international contexts and cross-disciplinary responses. Newcastle-on-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing 192-213
  • D'Aprano A, Silburn S, Johnston V, Bailie R, Mensah F, Oberklaid F, Robinson G. (2016). Challenges in monitoring the development of young children in remote Aboriginal health services: clinical audit findings and recommendations for improving practice. Rural and Remote Health, 16, 3852
  • Simpson S, D'Aprano A, Tayler C, Toon Khoo S, Highfold R. (2016). Validation of a culturally adapted developmental screening tool for Australian Aboriginal children: Early findings and next steps. Early Human Development, 103:91-95.
  • Robinson G, Silburn SR, Arney F. (2011). A population approach to early childhood services: Implementation for outcomes. Early Childhood Series No. 3. 2011. Northern Territory Government, Darwin.
  • Robinson G, Silburn SR,  Arney F. (2011). The value of investment in the early years: Balancing the costs of childhood services. Early Childhood Series No. 4. 2011. Northern Territory Government, Darwin.
  • Silburn SR, Robinson G, Arney F, Johnstone K, McGuinness K. (2011). Early Childhood Development in the NT: Issues to be addressed. Early Childhood Series No. 1. 2011. Northern Territory Government, Darwin.
  • Silburn SR, Nutton G, Arney F, Moss B. (2011). The first five years: Starting early. Early Childhood Series No. 2. 2011. Northern Territory Government, Darwin.
  • Silburn SR, Nutton G, McKenzie JW, Landrigan M. (2011). Early years English language acquisition and instructional approaches for Aboriginal students with home languages other than English: A systematic review. Darwin: Menzies School of Health Research.
  • Robinson G, Rivalland J, Tyler W, Lea T. (2009). The National Accelerated Literacy Program in the Northern Territory, 2004-2008, Implementation and Outcomes: Final Evaluation Report, Volume 1, School for Social and Policy Research, Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Darwin
  • Robinson G, Rivalland J, Tyler W, Lea T (2009). The National Accelerated Literacy Program in the Northern Territory, 2004-2008, Implementation and Outcomes: Final Evaluation Report. Volume 2, Appendices, School for Social and Policy Research, Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Darwin.
  • Silburn S, Brinkman S, Ferguson-Hill S, Styles I, Walker R, Shepherd C. (2009). The Australian Early Development Index (AEDI) Indigenous Adaption Study, Curtin University of Technology and Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Perth.
  • Silburn S, Zubrick S, Lawrence D. (2006). The intergenerational effects of forced separation on the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal children and young people. Family Matters, (75).