Despite the success of sun-safe policies amongst primary school children, there are no such policies for sun safety in secondary schools in New South Wales.
Upskilling GPs with the support of paediatricians could reduce the number of children referred onto lengthy public hospital waiting lists, a new study has found.
Health care practitioners are a key voice in championing the rights of unaccompanied children to survive, to receive health care, and to experience wellbeing, writes Associate Professor Catherine Robinson.
A Gold Card for children in care would represent a step toward the kind of coordinated, child-centred healthcare we all strive for, writes Dr Suzanne Packer, AO FRACP.
Children’s mental health is no longer a taboo topic. We’ve moved past questioning whether children can experience mental health challenges to focusing on how best to support them. It’s increasingly recognised that fluctuations in emotion, behaviour and functioning are a normal part of child development, and that promoting mental health is as important as responding to mental illness. This article explores the emerging shift in how we conceptualise and discuss children’s mental health.
A new study from Monash University demonstrates that parental concern that their child is deteriorating is a stronger, and sometimes earlier, predictor of ICU admission than abnormal vital signs.
The second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing aims to understand and advance adolescent health and wellbeing at a global, regional, country and local level.
Adolescents must be involved in the development of digital health care initiatives if they are to be engaging and effective.
Children in care need a streamlined, consistent health system regardless of where they live or how frequently their circumstances change.
