Barriers, enablers and motivators of the “I’m an active Hero” physical activity intervention for preschool children: a qualitative study (2024)
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Al-walah, M. A., Donnelly, M., & Heron, N. (in press). Barriers, enablers and motivators of the “I’m an active Hero” physical activity intervention for preschool children: a qualitative study. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 12, https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2024.1333173

Background: Insufficient physical activity (PA) in early childhood is linked to adverse health outcomes and a heightened risk of obesity. Successful PA programmes often require input from key stakeholders, such as parents and educators. However, rese... Read More about Barriers, enablers and motivators of the “I’m an active Hero” physical activity intervention for preschool children: a qualitative study.

Symptom patterns and life with post-acute COVID-19 in children aged 8-17: a mixed methods studyprotocol. (2023)
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Faux-Nightingale, A., Burton, C., Twohig, H., Bucknall, M., Carroll, W., Chew-Graham, C., …Welsh, V. (2023). Symptom patterns and life with post-acute COVID-19 in children aged 8-17: a mixed methods studyprotocol. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), 7(2), Article BJGPO20220149. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpo.2022.0149

Background: While there is a substantial body of knowledge about acute COVID-19, less is known about long-COVID, where symptoms continue beyond 4 weeks.

Aim: To describe longer-term effects of COVID-19 infection in children and young people (CYP)... Read More about Symptom patterns and life with post-acute COVID-19 in children aged 8-17: a mixed methods studyprotocol..

Overall prognosis of acute and chronic musculoskeletal, widespread, and neuropathic pain in children and adolescents (2023)
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Dunn, K., Montgomery, L. R., Andreucci, A., Kamper, S. J., van der Windt, D., Michaleff, Z. A., …Swain, M. S. (2023). Overall prognosis of acute and chronic musculoskeletal, widespread, and neuropathic pain in children and adolescents. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd014773

Objectives
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (prognosis). The objectives are as follows:

We aim to describe the overall prognosis (focusing on the pain course) and the negative impact(s) of acute and chronic musculoskeletal, widespread, an... Read More about Overall prognosis of acute and chronic musculoskeletal, widespread, and neuropathic pain in children and adolescents.

High Burden of Neurodevelopmental Delay among Children Born to Women with Obstructed Labour in Eastern Uganda: A Cohort Study. (2023)
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Bromley. (2023). High Burden of Neurodevelopmental Delay among Children Born to Women with Obstructed Labour in Eastern Uganda: A Cohort Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043470

Over 250 million infants in low and middle-income countries do not fulfill their neurodevelopment potential. In this study, we assessed the incidence and risk factors for neurodevelopmental delay (NDD) among children born following obstructed labor i... Read More about High Burden of Neurodevelopmental Delay among Children Born to Women with Obstructed Labour in Eastern Uganda: A Cohort Study..

Parental acceptance of and preferences for administration of routine varicella vaccination in the UK: a study to inform policy (2023)
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Sherman, S., Lingley-Heath, N., Lai, J., Sim, J., & Bedford, H. (2023). Parental acceptance of and preferences for administration of routine varicella vaccination in the UK: a study to inform policy. Vaccine, 41(8), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.01.027

Objectives. To explore acceptability of and preferences for the introduction of varicella vaccination to the UK childhood immunisation schedule.
Design. We conducted an online cross-sectional survey exploring parental attitudes towards vaccines in g... Read More about Parental acceptance of and preferences for administration of routine varicella vaccination in the UK: a study to inform policy.

Parents’ intention to vaccinate their child for COVID-19: a mixed-methods study (CoVAccS – wave 3) (2022)
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Smith, L., Sherman, S., Sim, J., Amlôt, R., Cutts, M., Dasch, H., …Rubin, G. (2022). Parents’ intention to vaccinate their child for COVID-19: a mixed-methods study (CoVAccS – wave 3). PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279285

Aim: To investigate UK parents’ vaccination intention at a time when COVID-19 vaccination was available to some children.

Methods: Data reported are from the second wave of a prospective cohort study. We conducted a mixed-methods study using an on... Read More about Parents’ intention to vaccinate their child for COVID-19: a mixed-methods study (CoVAccS – wave 3).

Open‐labelled study to monitor the effect of an amino acid formula on symptom management in children with spinal muscular atrophy type I: The SMAAF pilot study (2022)
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Bowerman, M., O'Connor, G., Edel, L., Raquq, S., Szmurlo, A., Simpson, Z., …Baranello, G. (2023). Open‐labelled study to monitor the effect of an amino acid formula on symptom management in children with spinal muscular atrophy type I: The SMAAF pilot study. Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 38(4), 871-880. https://doi.org/10.1002/ncp.10940

Background: An increasing number of families of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) children are incorporating an amino acid-based enteral formula into their child’s feeding regimens. Other components of the amino acidbased formula include added carbohydra... Read More about Open‐labelled study to monitor the effect of an amino acid formula on symptom management in children with spinal muscular atrophy type I: The SMAAF pilot study.

Parents’ concerns and understandings around excessive infant crying: qualitative study of discussions in online forums (2022)
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Ghio, D., Muller, I., Vestergren, S., Mandangu, C., Dennison, L., Sykes, K., …Santer, M. (2022). Parents’ concerns and understandings around excessive infant crying: qualitative study of discussions in online forums. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100146

Crying is an essential behaviour in infants, occurring on a continuum, and only rarely indicates serious underlying diagnosis. Searching online for information about excessive crying has become common, using the internet to seek health information an... Read More about Parents’ concerns and understandings around excessive infant crying: qualitative study of discussions in online forums.

Protocol for CLASSIC PBB: comparison of lower airway sampling strategies in children with protracted bacterial bronchitis (2022)
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Gilchrist, F., Aspey, M., Bowler, R., Brodlie, M., Desai, S., Harris, C., …Carroll, W. D. (2022). Protocol for CLASSIC PBB: comparison of lower airway sampling strategies in children with protracted bacterial bronchitis. BMJ Paediatrics Open, e001722 - e001722. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001722

Background Protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB) is an endobronchial infection and a the most common cause of chronic wet cough in young children. It is treated with antibiotics, which can only be targeted if the causative organism is known. As most... Read More about Protocol for CLASSIC PBB: comparison of lower airway sampling strategies in children with protracted bacterial bronchitis.

The alleviating specific phobias in children trial: Challenges and solutions to implementing a randomized controlled trial in clinical services (2022)
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Tindall, L., Scott, A., Biggs, K., Hayward, E., Wilson, J., Cooper, C., …Gega, L. (2022). The alleviating specific phobias in children trial: Challenges and solutions to implementing a randomized controlled trial in clinical services. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.3389/frcha.2022.1027083

<jats:p>In 2015, The Alleviating Specific Phobias Experienced by Children Trial (ASPECT) was commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to compare the clinical and cost-effectiveness of multi-session Cognitive Behavior... Read More about The alleviating specific phobias in children trial: Challenges and solutions to implementing a randomized controlled trial in clinical services.

External validation of a prediction model for estimating fat mass in children and adolescents in 19 countries: individual participant data meta-analysis (2022)
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Hudda, M. T., Wells, J. C. K., Adair, L. S., Alvero-Cruz, J. R. A., Ashby-Thompson, M. N., Ballesteros-Vásquez, M. N., …Nightingale, C. M. (2022). External validation of a prediction model for estimating fat mass in children and adolescents in 19 countries: individual participant data meta-analysis. BMJ, 378, e071185. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-071185

Objective: To evaluate the performance of a UK based prediction model for estimating fat-free mass (and indirectly fat mass) in children and adolescents in non-UK settings. Design: Individual participant data meta-analysis. Setting: 19 countries. Par... Read More about External validation of a prediction model for estimating fat mass in children and adolescents in 19 countries: individual participant data meta-analysis.

One-session treatment for specific phobias: Barriers, facilitators and acceptability as perceived by children &amp; young people, parents, and clinicians (2022)
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Bee, P., Barr, A., Edwards, H., Lomas, J., Tindall, L., Scott, A., …Solaiman, K. (2022). One-session treatment for specific phobias: Barriers, facilitators and acceptability as perceived by children &amp; young people, parents, and clinicians. PloS one, 17(9), Article e0274424. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274424

Between 2015 and 2020 the Alleviating Specific Phobias Experienced by Children Trial (ASPECT) was conducted in the UK to examine the non-inferiority of One-Session Treatment in comparison to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy based interventions for child... Read More about One-session treatment for specific phobias: Barriers, facilitators and acceptability as perceived by children &amp; young people, parents, and clinicians.

Which interventions improve HPV vaccination uptake and intention in children, adolescents and young adults? An umbrella review (2022)
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Edwards, D., Sherman, S., Baker, P., Kelly, D., Nayab, W. D. -. E. -., Vorsters, A., …Bennett, C. (2022). Which interventions improve HPV vaccination uptake and intention in children, adolescents and young adults? An umbrella review. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 599-607. https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2022-055504

Background
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination offers protection against the virus responsible for cervical, oropharyngeal, anal, vulval and penile cancers. However, there is considerable variation across, and even within, countries as to how HPV... Read More about Which interventions improve HPV vaccination uptake and intention in children, adolescents and young adults? An umbrella review.

How do we determine successful non-invasive ventilation (NIV) success in children: Carer and Clinician opinion (2022)
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Lund. (2022). How do we determine successful non-invasive ventilation (NIV) success in children: Carer and Clinician opinion. European Respiratory Journal,

Background: There is no consensus on how to identify successful NIV initiation in children. Parent collaboration is important in paediatric care therefore identifying measures of success for both clinicians and parents is useful when planning care.... Read More about How do we determine successful non-invasive ventilation (NIV) success in children: Carer and Clinician opinion.

The delivery of obesity interventions to children and adolescents with physical disabilities: a systematic review (2022)
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Matizanadzo, J. T., & Paudyal. (2022). The delivery of obesity interventions to children and adolescents with physical disabilities: a systematic review. Journal of Public Health, 685 - 693. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdab096

Background To examine the process and mechanisms of delivering obesity interventions to physically disabled children/adolescents. Methods PubMed, Medline, CINAHL Plus, Embase, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, ClinicalTrials.gov, Science Direct were... Read More about The delivery of obesity interventions to children and adolescents with physical disabilities: a systematic review.

Typical median effective radiation doses using an anthropomorphic bone fracture phantom for initial radiographic skeletal surveys in the investigation of suspected physical abuse. (2022)
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Doyle, E., Dimmock, M., Lee, K., Thomas, P., & Bassed, R. (2022). Typical median effective radiation doses using an anthropomorphic bone fracture phantom for initial radiographic skeletal surveys in the investigation of suspected physical abuse. Pediatric Radiology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-022-05456-x

BACKGROUND: A series of 31 radiographs is recommended by the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) when investigating suspected physical abuse (SPA). OBJECTIVE: To determine the radiation dose delivered for skeletal surveys performed for SPA in Victori... Read More about Typical median effective radiation doses using an anthropomorphic bone fracture phantom for initial radiographic skeletal surveys in the investigation of suspected physical abuse..

HPV vaccination and cervical screening: the knowledge and attitudes of mothers of adolescent girls (2022)
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Taylor, J., Nailer, E., Cohen, C. R., Redman, C. W. E., & Sherman, S. M. (2024). HPV vaccination and cervical screening: the knowledge and attitudes of mothers of adolescent girls. Psychology and Health, 39(4), 499-516. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2022.2081327

Objective: Mothers play a significant role in decision making about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for their daughters and about cervical screening attendance for themselves. This study had three objectives, to explore: 1) mothers’ knowledge... Read More about HPV vaccination and cervical screening: the knowledge and attitudes of mothers of adolescent girls.

Mapping review of interventions to reduce the use of restrictive practices in children and young people's institutional settings: The CONTRAST study (2022)
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Baker, J., Kendal, S., Berzins, K., Canvin, K., Branthonne‐Foster, S., McDougall, T., …Duxbury, J. (2022). Mapping review of interventions to reduce the use of restrictive practices in children and young people's institutional settings: The CONTRAST study. Children & Society, 36(6), 1351-1401. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12581

Restrictive practices are often used harmfully with children in institutional settings. Interventions to reduce their use do not appear to have been mapped systematically. Using environmental scanning, we conducted a broad-scope mapping review of Eng... Read More about Mapping review of interventions to reduce the use of restrictive practices in children and young people's institutional settings: The CONTRAST study.

Visual statistical learning in deaf and hearing infants and toddlers (2022)
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Monroy, C., Yu, C., & Houston, D. (2022). Visual statistical learning in deaf and hearing infants and toddlers. Infancy, 27(4), 720-735. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12474

Congenital hearing loss offers a unique opportunity to examine the role of sound in cognitive, social, and linguistic development. Children with hearing loss demonstrate atypical performance across a range of general cognitive skills. For instance, r... Read More about Visual statistical learning in deaf and hearing infants and toddlers.

Ankle-foot orthosis adherence in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: A scoping review (2022)
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Faux-Nightingale, A., Kelemen, M., & Stewart, C. (2022). Ankle-foot orthosis adherence in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: A scoping review. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 46(4), 351-356. https://doi.org/10.1097/pxr.0000000000000095

Background: Ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) are commonly supplied to children with cerebral palsy (CP) to support their gait. However, usage is reported to decrease through adolescence. Because AFOs can allow users to engage in daily activities and develo... Read More about Ankle-foot orthosis adherence in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: A scoping review.