Child Health Related Content
The provision of effective cross-border healthcare
Professor Ruth Ladenstein from SIOPE (the European Society for Paediatric Oncology) discusses how ERN PaedCan facilitates effective cross-border healthcare
The European Commission launched 24 different networks to bring together experts from across the EU to tackle rare diseases by improving diagnosis, treatment and access to specialist care. These are known...
Ignition! Workshop – Training to be Amazing!
Wellbeing Dynamics presents the Ignition! Workshop - a programme for young people ages 9-25 to encourage self-esteem and mental well-being
Young People are our new Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Scientists, Doctors, Nurses, Actors and Inventors - along with the plethora of other wonderful roles and vocations they will be embracing in their lives...
Overview of sensory processing disorder in children today
Cecilia Van Cauwenberghe from Frost & Sullivan’s TechVision Group provides a comprehensive overview of sensory processing disorder (SPD) in children today
Children with sensory processing disorder or dysfunction (SPD) are characterised by the occurrence of inward information in very atypical, diverting modes.
Energising diagnosis and treatment through multi-sensory behaviour and activity...
Tackling the UK’s obesity epidemic
Professor Russell Viner from the Royal College of Paediatrics shares his thoughts on the UK Government’s strategy to tackle the UK’s obesity epidemic
New agreement will see DKK 1 billion given to Danish research
A new broad political agreement will see DKK 1 billion given to Danish research to explore health, education, environment, and children & families
Specific Language Impairment in children
In this absorbing e-book, Mabel L. Rice from the University of Kansas highlights specific language impairment and why it often goes unrecognised
Remembering repeated events: Memory in children
Dr Kim Roberts, Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, conducts research to discover how children use memories when recalling traumatic events.
What causes specific language impairment?
Mabel L Rice from the University of Kansas describes how nonverbal cognitive impairments are neither necessary nor sufficient
Bercow: children’s communication skills ten years on
Mary Hartshorne, Head of Evidence at I CAN, the children’s communication charity writes about the importance of good language and communication skills
PEGASO – Fit for Future
The PEGASO team explain the challenges to healthcare obesity represents and how the Fit for Future project aims to tackle them
Mental health and medication: The importance of perspective
Peter Kinderman, from Mental Health Europe, looks at mental health medication and how we need a new perspective on care
New plans to reduce childhood obesity in the UK unveiled
An investment of £5 million has been announced by the Department of Health for a new childhood obesity policy research unit
The new unit at University College London will look at the causes of childhood obesity and support the delivery of the childhood obesity plan.
The National Institute for Health Research...
UK’s poorest children ‘2 years behind’ at GCSE
New research suggests that the very poorest children in the UK falling further behind their peers is at its lowest level since 2007
Poverty and its impact on the health of children
One of the main risks to children’s health is living in poverty, says Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health’s Professor Russell Viner
Reducing the prevalence of childhood obesity in Finland
Childhood obesity can cause major health problems in later life. Open Access Government highlights how Finland is tackling the growing health challenge
The government unveils plans to promote cycling and walking
A £1.2 billion programme set out by the government aims to restore walking and cycling as the ‘go to’ method of transport for short journeys
Early learning and behaviour research at the US NICHD
Research on early learning and behaviour translates into effective interventions and care, says Dr James A Griffin of the NICHD at the US National Institutes of Health
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, at the National Institutes for Health (NIH), was established with support of Congress, to...
Through the looking-glass: Endocrine disruption and child health
Alberto Mantovani and Francesca Baldi at the Italian National Health Institute discuss the need for further research on endocrine disruption and child health
When assessing potential health hazards in food chains or the environment, it is clear that children cannot be considered as miniature adults. In fact, children breathe more...
Do we need specialist training for interviewers of child victims?
Based on her research, Dr Kim Roberts of Wilfrid Laurier University stresses the need for specialist training for interviewers of child victims of abuse
There are many ways to interview alleged victims or suspects of crimes ranging from hostile interrogation tactics to active listening that encourages open, uninterrupted free recall...
What do we know about cognitive development in infancy?
Research into cognitive development in infancy has thrived over recent years, but there’s still a lot we don’t know, as UCLA Professor Scott P Johnson writes
Our research focuses on the origins of knowledge in humans. The past several decades have witnessed a blossoming in research on perceptual and cognitive...