Editorial. Kawasaki disease (KD) is now the most common cause of acquired heart disease in children and is becoming more common worldwide. Despite this, some medical practitioners in the UK may be unaware of the disorder and of its potential long-term cardiac complications, which for those affected require a specialist, and uninterrupted lifetime clinical management.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
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We explored factors associated with pain and its severity in a population cohort of young people with bilateral cerebral palsy, comparing parent/carer and young people self‐reports.. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
There has been considerable interest in the association of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and health and social care outcomes in adulthood. One way of thinking about the needs of looked after children is through an Adverse Childhood Experiences lens as looked after children have commonly been exposed to very high rates of ACEs. This paper makes the case that the association between exposure to ACEs and poor adult outcomes in the general population is heightened in looked after children and care leavers who have the same outcomes as the general population, but more often and at an earlier age. Please contact the library to receive a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
To explore the barriers to and facilitators of physical activity for young people with cerebral palsy in specialist schools.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
This letter sets out:
how much funding local authorities are getting as part of the children’s social care strengthening families protecting children (SFPC) programme
the purpose of the children’s social care strengthening families protecting children programme
Editorial. Sudden out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with unsuccessful cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is the third leading cause of death in industrialised nations. Up to 70% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests are witnessed by family members, friends and other bystanders. A greater percentage of cardiac arrests in infants are likely to involve first responders who are the child’s family members or other close caregivers. There is considerable rescuer variation in compression treatment styles, as shown in figure 1.1 When compared with adults, relatively few CPR data exist regarding treatment of children during cardiac arrest. As a result, internationally agreed CPR guidelines have been developed with data often extrapolated from adults or animal studies.2. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
The Baldwin Online Children's Literature Project publishes online editions of classic children's books from the golden age of children's literature (1880-1922).
Major depressive disorder (MDD) in young people is a leading cause of disability but most depressed youth are not treated, emphasizing the need for effective prevention. Our goal is to synthesize MDD onset prevention effects for the Blues Program, a brief cognitive-behavioral (CB) indicated prevention group, by merging data from four trials (three of which included CB bibliotherapy) and conducting an individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis.. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Open access. The population of mixed ethnicity individuals in the UK is growing. Despite this demographic trend, little is known about mixed ethnicity children and their problem behaviours. We examine trajectories of behavioural problems among non-mixed and mixed ethnicity children from early to middle childhood using nationally representative cohort data in the UK.
There are approximately 3.5 million people living in the UK who have been diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes—in England and Wales, approximately 26 500 of these are children and young people under 18 years of age, with >95% suffering from type 1 diabetes. These individuals carry a lifetime risk of serious long-term complications such as cardiovascular disease and increased risk of strokes and/or heart disease, blindness (retinopathy), kidney disease (nephropathy), peripheral vascular disease and neuropathy with increased risk of limb amputations. Current research demonstrates that for a child diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, the expected loss of life expectancy is 10–12 years.1 This risk can be substantially reduced with good diabetes care and careful blood glucose control, thereby reducing the burden of cost to the patient, family and the National Health Service (NHS).. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Opean access. There is unlikely to be anyone in the world who would not be supportive of good health for children. Yet, child health is struggling. A year ago, the UK Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) published ‘State of Child Health’.1 We found nearly one in five children in the UK to be living in poverty and troubling disparity between the health of children in the UK and many similar nations in Europe. A year on and the RCPCH has issued a series of scorecards, showing what change there has been in the nations of the UK.2 Individual nations, chiefly Scotland and Wales, have made commendable progress. However, what emerges is a picture of piecemeal policy, not the astute, visionary, integrated strategy so sorely needed.
Annual update of data in the child health profiles interactive tool.
The profiles draw together information to present a picture of child health and wellbeing in each local area in a user-friendly format.
A school-based healthy lifestyle programme delivered to 6-7-year-old children and their parents made no difference to children’s weight, diet or activity levels. Around 1 in 4 remained overweight or obese.