Jenny Bourke
Biographic Data
| ID | 7188903 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jenny Bourke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jenny |
| FAMILY NAME | Bourke |
| SIGNATURE | BOURKE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Kids Research Institute Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1582-805X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Using Population Data to Explore Sibling Profiles in Families of Children With and Without Neurodevelopmental Conditions
Sibling profiles, including sibling status (only-child or sibling) and sibling characteristics (sibling size, birth order, and sex), can impact on lived experiences and social interactions, and operate as protective or risk factors for a wide range of health and well-being indicators and outcomes. Using population-based data linkage to disability-specific databases, sibling profiles were compared between families of children with and without neur…
Addressing the challenges of intellectual disability identification for health policy and research in Australia
This article discusses the important issue of the need for a stable definition of intellectual disability in order to allow comparisons by place and over time such as in the monitoring of this population's health needs and utilization. The aim of the new Australian National Centre for Intellectual Disability Health, established in 2023, is to ensure that all Australian children and adults with intellectual disability receive high-quality healthca…
Intellectual disability and autism prevalence in Western Australia
The concurrent relaxation of ASD diagnostic practice standards in Western Australia associated with the administration of access to the NDIS and the release of the National Guidelines empowering single diagnosticians to determine the appropriateness of engaging additional diagnosticians to form a multidisciplinary team on ASD diagnosis, appear to be important factors associated with the increase in ASD diagnoses both with and without intellectual…
Idea (Intellectual Disability Exploring Answers)
Despite the demands it places on individuals, families and the community, intellectual disability (ID) is a neglected area of public health. Accurate estimates of prevalence are sparse and range from 0.5 to 3.0%. The cause of the condition is unknown in at least 50% of cases. This paper describes the Intellectual Disability Exploring Answers (IDEA) database set up in Western Australia to provide an infrastructure for research and to facilitate th…
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Idea (Intellectual Disability Exploring Answers)
Despite the demands it places on individuals, families and the community, intellectual disability (ID) is a neglected area of public health. Accurate estimates of prevalence are sparse and range from 0.5 to 3.0%. The cause of the condition is unknown in at least 50% of cases. This paper describes the Intellectual Disability Exploring Answers (IDEA) database set up in Western Australia to provide an infrastructure for research and to facilitate th…
Intellectual disability and autism prevalence in Western Australia
The concurrent relaxation of ASD diagnostic practice standards in Western Australia associated with the administration of access to the NDIS and the release of the National Guidelines empowering single diagnosticians to determine the appropriateness of engaging additional diagnosticians to form a multidisciplinary team on ASD diagnosis, appear to be important factors associated with the increase in ASD diagnoses both with and without intellectual…
Using Population Data to Explore Sibling Profiles in Families of Children With and Without Neurodevelopmental Conditions
Sibling profiles, including sibling status (only-child or sibling) and sibling characteristics (sibling size, birth order, and sex), can impact on lived experiences and social interactions, and operate as protective or risk factors for a wide range of health and well-being indicators and outcomes. Using population-based data linkage to disability-specific databases, sibling profiles were compared between families of children with and without neur…
Addressing the challenges of intellectual disability identification for health policy and research in Australia
This article discusses the important issue of the need for a stable definition of intellectual disability in order to allow comparisons by place and over time such as in the monitoring of this population's health needs and utilization. The aim of the new Australian National Centre for Intellectual Disability Health, established in 2023, is to ensure that all Australian children and adults with intellectual disability receive high-quality healthca…
Family and Disability Support Research (3 works) · Intellectual disability (3 works) · Down syndrome and intellectual disability research (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Autism (1 work) · Autism spectrum disorder (1 work) · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (1 work)