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Dr. Garth Kendall was a Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine within the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University, Perth, Australia. He held a PhD, Master of Public Health, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, and Diploma in Social Sciences (Nursing). Kendall began his research and teaching role at Curtin University in January 2003. Earlier in his career, he served as manager of the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study at the Telethon Kids Institute, where he also held an honorary research fellow position. Additionally, he represented the Australian College of Nursing on the national Plus Paternal Network, coordinated by Healthy Male.
Kendall specialized in epidemiology and public health, with key interests in child and adolescent development, developmental psychopathology, health inequalities, family studies, parenting, fathering, psychological assessment, longitudinal studies, intervention studies, and early childhood. His research portfolio encompassed over 130 publications, accumulating more than 6,000 citations. Prominent publications include 'The Long-Term Effects of Breastfeeding on Child and Adolescent Mental Health: A Pregnancy Cohort Study Followed for 14 Years' (2010, The Journal of Pediatrics); 'Lifecourse Childhood Adiposity Trajectories Associated With Adolescent Insulin Resistance' (2011, Diabetes Care); 'Barriers to Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Pediatric Nursing Practice: An Integrative Review' (2017, Journal of Pediatric Nursing); 'Association between pregnant women's experience of stress and frequency of health care contacts: A longitudinal study' (2019, Women and Birth); and 'Parents' Experiences of Raising 7- to 11-Year-Old Children with ADHD' (2025). He was involved in the Peel Child Health Study and provided expert commentary on child mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kendall's contributions advanced pediatric nursing practice, family health research, and public health epidemiology.
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