Words from the Chair
As we begin to learn more of the government’s future plans for the NHS, we should take time to consider how the voices of children and young people are heard and received in the national conversations about their health care. Our Association represents children and young people’s nurses and nursing, our hope is that children and young people are central to the consultations and able to give their input about what a future NHS should deliver for the population. They are in the best place to tell us how they’d like to be communicated with and what a community model of care should offer.
As a leadership team we recognised that we needed to strengthen our Governance and Development Group to further increase our responsiveness and visibility. I am delighted to report that we have appointed Jean Davies as our Deputy Chair. Jean has an extensive career within clinical practice, education and research and will be an asset to the Association. We are all very much looking forward to working with Jean.
In this quarter we have begun our regular webinars. I hope that you will have seen them advertised on social media and will take the time to attend and join our conversations about issues that affect children and young people’s nurses and nursing. Please check our website, our Facebook page and our content on X.
Caron Eyre caroneyre0@gmail.com
Updates from the ABPN
Free membership of the ABPN for pre-registration child nurse students
The Association is offering a year’s free membership to those people studying as a pre-registration student to be a children’s nurse. The only proviso is that students must join before 1st April 2025.
This is a fantastic offer, so if you are a pre-reg child nurse student, don’t hesitate to check out our webpage (see below) to find out more details and the benefits of joining. Alternatively you can email membersabpn@yahoo.co.uk
Meet Jean Davies, the Association’s newly appointed Deputy Chair
The ABPN provides strong leadership and guidance for nurses and healthcare practitioners who believe that the care of infants, children and young people must be both of the highest quality and acknowledge children’s rights.
As the newly appointed Deputy Chair of the ABPN my strong focus is to work collaboratively with Caron Eyre (ABPN Chair), members of the ABPN, and a wide range of associations, networks, stakeholders, charities and community groups who identify and address important issues within children’s nursing and that aim to improve the services provided for children and their families.
A current priority within ABPN, through the Policy Development Group, is to review policies that apply to the standards of nursing care of children. I am pleased to contribute to this work using wide experience gained in clinical practice, education and leadership roles within Wales and Scotland. In addition, my engagement with professional nursing and medical organisations at national, UK and international level will enable robust and contemporary information to be gained to guide and inform this important work.
It is a privilege to positively contribute to the ABPN leadership team and to work hard alongside ABPN members for the benefit of infants, children, young people, their families and the multiple teams and agencies providing healthcare.
A date for your diaries: the next Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the ABPN will be held on the 25th March 2025.
More details to follow in the next newsletter and via our website.
Update on Honouring our Past (Oral History Project)
Ann Daly, from the University of Birmingham, sent us an update saying she had had a thank you from Coventry and confirmation that they’ve shared the link with students who have been accessing the files.
Also see the commentary by Patricia Roberts in the new Student section later in the newsletter.
Update on our Enhancing Membership Working Group
Posters for the offer of ‘Free’ 1-year ABPN membership for pre-registration students were circulated to 12 target universities, CYP nurse educators and the CYPNAUK for cascade on 9th September 2024.The ABPN social media lead also promoted via ABPN social media routes. Slides about the ABPN were also circulated for inclusion in inductions for new 1st year student nurses as they commence their education programme.
The working group discussed the current ABPN student recruitment campaign and focus on qualified nurses for 2025 at their recent meeting. Further recommendations sent to the ABPN Governance and Development Group to consider in advance of the AGM in March 2025
If you would like to get involved in the working group or have suggestions, email Fiona.smith15@yahoo.com. Your email will be passed onto the chair Michael Tatterton, ABPN Fellow.
Update on our Policy Development Working Group
The Policy Development Working Group reports to the Governance and Development Group of the ABPN and supports the work by delivering a work programme relating to UK policy and proactively advising and informing ABPN on policy and legal issues relevant to children’s nursing by:
- Identifying policy opportunities to support the delivery of the ABPN aims.
- Raising awareness of the needs of children and their families.
- Developing resources to inform ABPN members and to influence wider communities and teams around the child.
The first quarter has seen the development of briefing documents and position statements relating to Children’s Rights; Child Poverty; Assisted Dying and the Independent Investigation of the NHS in England (Lord Darzi’s Review). Work for the next quarter will focus on children’s nurse education and workforce issues.
If you would like to find out more, please get in touch with the Working Group Chairperson katrina.mcnamara@icloud.com
Update on our Communications and Raising the Profile Working Group
The Communications and Raising the Profile Working Group have been busy over the summer working with the other working groups to:
- draft press releases linked to key International and National days, such as Suicide Prevention Day as well as responses to key reports such as Lord Darzi’s Independent review of the NHS in England.
- organise the ABPN webinar programme.
- assist in gathering information for the quarterly ABPN newsletter.
- update external information about the ABPN.
- produce podcasts linked to key issues for release in 2025
If you have suggestions for future webinars or podcasts, would like to know more or would like to be involved in the Working Group, please contact the Chairperson, fiona.smith15@yahoo.com
Update from the Membership Secretary
We are still coming to grips with the new online management system and are finding a few hitches. Please bear with us as we sort them out. We have discovered members are not getting full online access to the Journal of Child Health Care. We are in contact with the publishers to see where the problem is.
Recruitment is progressing among qualified staff seeking full membership. We have also had a good response from students seeking our free one year membership. This is thanks in large part to Georgina raising awareness through her social media links. If you know of any colleagues or pre-registration students interested in joining direct them to our website where they will find information on how to apply.
Press Releases and Media Activity
Since August 2024, the Association has released press releases relating to the following events and/or issues:
- World Suicide Prevention Day
- Organ Donation Week
- World Mental Health Day
- World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
- World Diabetes Day
- Universal Children’s Day
- Honouring Our Past – ABPN Oral History Project
- ABPN Response to Lord Darzi’s Independent Review of the NHS in England
- ABPN Deputy Chair announcement
To read the Press Releases go to our website
Update on Social Media
Thanks to Georgina who has been driving our social media presence forward, we are happy to share that our presence is increasing.
For quick links to our social media content, please go to our social media page on our website
Fellowship Talk
This new section plans to bring you the news and views from our Fellows.
It seems appropriate that we launch this section by hearing from Ann Bisbrown-Lee on her thoughts about her journey with the ABPN. Ann is one of our most committed members and has provided long service to the Association.
What the ABPN did and what the ABPN does for me
Ann Bisbrown-Lee, ABPN Fellow and Life Member of the Association from qualifying.
I joined the ABPN as its aims appealed to me. I also thought I would need to update my knowledge and maintain contact with other paediatric nurses especially, if I moved away from my London Post Graduate Teaching Hospital.
I moved to a new region in a new part of the country to a post where I was the only RSCN in the School of Nursing. I was used to teaching in metric but all the sisters used imperial, as did the consultants. A new younger consultant arrived and I helped to change the hospital over from imperial to metric units.
I reconnected with the ABPN on a teaching practice. Regional meetings enabled the exchanging of information, skills, new techniques, new ideas and updating on latest research. I made friends for life through these ABPN meetings. We were also able to help parents when their children were transferred between hospitals by giving them the name of someone we knew who would look for them when they arrived.
For me, in a solo role in a new region, the ABPN brought me updated information, the newsletter, the journal and friends. The access to a network of paediatric nurses across the regions and countries was invaluable. At the annual conferences the papers that were presented were always stimulating and it was a good place to learn new skills, including computer skills as computers were becoming an increasing important part of nursing at the time.
The ABPN offers information (useful for assignments and theses), opportunities to submit ideas for the newsletter about real paediatric nursing/health issues and a place where a member can give an independent opinion outside their current role and place of work.
The ABPN is a great Association which gives so much to so many and each individual’s input is valued and appreciated.
Voices from the future: student perspectives
In this new section, in every newsletter we will be presenting the voices of students.
In this issue we hand over to Patricia Roberts, a second year Children’s Nursing student from Edge Hill University. Patricia has been delving into the ABPN’s Oral History Project stories.
The beauty of nursing is that it is such a versatile career
My name is Patricia Roberts. I am coming to the end of my second year of my Children’s Nursing undergraduate pre-registration degree at Edge Hill University. I came into contact with the ABPN through Prof. Bernie Carter while on my final elective placement. I was privileged to access the Oral History Project, where I listened to the stories and experiences of children’s nurses at various stages of their careers.
Coming into nursing, I always knew I wanted to work with children. However, I have always worried about what aspects or specialities of paediatric nursing to go into, and other students are probably in my shoes. The oral history project was an eye-opener, and it reassured me that it is okay not to know.
The beauty of nursing is that it is such a versatile career, and finding a passion for a speciality will come with experience and time.
One of the themes I found within the oral history project was the assurance of finding a passion and the various possibilities of progressing throughout the career. I was particularly struck by the notion that nursing has come a long way, from nurses doing as the doctors say to becoming independent clinicians capable of making clinical decisions, giving clinical recommendations, prescribing medication, getting involved in innovative and groundbreaking research, and leading academia. All these and more are the different pathways that nursing can lead to, and it does not matter where your career starts as long as it leads you to do what you are passionate about.
My advice to my fellow nursing students is to go into the career with an open mind and a willingness to learn and experience various aspects of nursing, reflect on where our passion lies, and make a difference within our role.
Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to the newsletter; I look forward to joining the Association in the near future.
ABPN Webinar Series
Our first webinar ‘Global, regional and local issues: opportunities for children's nurses’ was held on 17th October 2024 by Fiona Smith. The recording will be placed on YouTube in the near future.
Details of our future webinars are presented below with the links for booking. It’s a simple process and it’s free, so please do look and join some fascinating sessions.
Do we really need Community Children’s Nurses?
- Date and time: 14th November 2024, 16.00-17.00
- Presenter: Mark Whiting, PhD, MSc. B Nursing, PGDip(ED), RGN, RSCN, DN, HV
Mark Whiting will lead a webinar reflecting on the history of the development of Community Children’s Nursing in the UK. Mark will commence by exploring how and why during the late 19th Century, the introduction of dedicated community nursing provision for children followed close-on-the-heels of the establishment of the first children’s hospitals in the UK.
This will be followed with a review of the disjointed development of CCN provision during the early years of the NHS and a celebration of the ‘golden years’ of CCN service expansion between 1985 and 2000.
Mark will then offer some personal reflections on “Where we are now” and invite attendees to offer their own perspectives on the question “Do we really need Community Children’s Nurses?”
An ABPN member’s reflection of partnership working across the UK and Europe
- Date and time: 4th December 2024, 16.00-17.00
- Presenter: Jean Davies, RGN RSCN, PhD, Fellow Advance HE.
Dr Jean Davies will reflect a wide general perspective of her experience whilst working in partners with organisations, associations and charities that have been, and are, valuable contributors to children’s nursing across the UK and Europe.
She will discuss her partnership experiences and how these have influenced improvements in children’s nursing and children’s nursing services.
Writing for Publication: From another side of a submit button.
- Date and Time: 16th January 2025, 9-10am
- Presenter: Dr Stephen McKeever, RGN, RN (Child), Dip.Trop.Nurse, ENB 415, BSc.(Hons), PGCE, Ph.D.; Associate Professor in Nursing, Swinburne University of Technology; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Child Health Care
It can sometimes be a bumpy path between having an idea for a paper and achieving a publication.
In this webinar Stephen will discuss an insider's view of the publishing and writing world. This will include, where to publish, submitting, and revising manuscripts. Included will be suggestions of how to improve your chances of publication.
Children’s Palliative Care Frameworks: An interactive workshop for nurses
- Date and Time: 13th February 4-5pm
- Presenters: Julia Downing, Professor International Children’s Palliative Care network, UK/Uganda; Dr Sue Neilson, Associate Professor, University of Birmingham; Dr Duncan Randall, Principal Academic in Children and Young People's Nursing, Bournemouth University
In this webinar we will be using a team-based approach using Mentimeter to explore how nurses learn to deliver children's palliative care.
We will be drawing on our extensive international education practice and our editorship of a new nursing text. Using the CPCET standards.
We want to explore learning the role of children's nurses across the four levels of the standard, public, universal, core and specialist. There will be opportunity, whatever your area or setting of practice, to reflect on and discuss how you pass on your expertise as a children's nurse.
Fit4CYP project
- Date and Time: 21st February 4-5pm
- Presenter: Dr Matt Carey, PhD, PGCAP, fHEA, RCN, Associate Professor in Child Health Nursing (Education), Post-Graduate Research Coordinator, University of Plymouth
The Fit for Children and Young People (Fit4CYP) project was established to explore how the pre-registration education of children’s nursing student influences their readiness for practice as newly qualified children’s nurses.
There is a paucity of evidence regarding the preparation of children’s nurses and how this may be influenced by the education standards informed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
The project team are made up of passionate nurse academics, health policy leads and practice leaders in the field of children's nursing and key stakeholders responsible for the preparation, regulation, and quality assurance of children’s nurses in the United Kingdom (UK) and also work internationally.
In this webinar Dr Matt Carey, Associate Professor in Child Health Nursing at the University of Plymouth and Co-Lead for the project will be giving an overview of the project, its work packages and achievements to date. Do come with your questions to ask at the end of the webinar.
Supporting the family with a child who needs complex care
- Date and Time: 13th March 2025 10.30-11.30
- Presenter: Norman Long, Formerly SRN, RSCN, RNT, Diploma in Nursing, B Ed (Hons), M E. Retired Principal Lecturer and Bank Nurse; Member and Fellow of Association of British Paediatric Nurses
Norman will highlight the challenges of caring for a child with complex needs and the pressures on parents, drawing on a case study when a child required hospitalisation.
During the webinar Norman will outline the totality of care needs and family pressures, especially when hospitalised with either status epilepticus or a chest infection
Training and Education
We welcome ideas and contributions to our training and education pages.
So, if you’d like to share any training or education resources and updates, please use our contact form on our website.
Journal of Child Health Care Resources
Apart from great editorials and high quality peer reviewed papers, the Journal of Child Health Care produces great JCHC podcasts, hosted by Associate Editor, Liz King. These podcasts focus on authors talking about their research and the papers published in the journal.
The latest podcast is by Stephen McKeever, Liz King and Jim Reeder and is called ‘Are we at risk of commodifying lived experience in childhood disability research’?
Other podcasts in the series can be found on the journal's website.
HCUK Events
As a member you can get 20% off a series of great events and conferences events that are run by HCUK.
Update on policies, guidelines & reports
Tackling Child Poverty: Developing Our Strategy
In a document released in October 2024 the Government states that ''tackling child poverty is both a moral imperative and crucial to building a stronger society and economy".
In the foreword to the document, the Secretaries of State for Work & Pensions and for Education note that the "Prime Minister has tasked us all to deliver an ambitious strategy to reduce child poverty, listening carefully to the voices of children and families living in poverty and working with leading organisations, charities, and campaigners.
This document sets out how we will work with Devolved Governments, partner organisations and individuals to develop the Strategy further, before its publication in Spring next year."
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health - September 2024
The report highlights that across England there is a lack of prioritisation on the health needs and services for children and young people, with children experiencing significant waiting times and access issues.
The RCPCH makes a number of evidence-based recommendations and practical solutions for the government to consider.
Neonatal audit–Summary report on 2023 data (NNAP)
The National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) published a Summary report on 2023 data in October 2024. Key findings show for babies born at less than 32 weeks outcomes are not improving:
- 6.4% died before discharge home, a 0.1% decrease from 2022
- 5.5% developed necrotising enterocolitis, a 0.7% decrease from 2022
- 6.6% experienced Intraventricular Haemorrhage (IVH), a 0.9% decrease from 2022
The report makes a number of recommendations in relation to parental partnership in care, neonatal nurse staffing and care processes.
Fit4CYP research project update
The Fit for Children and Young People (Fit4CYP) project is focused on investigating how ready children and young people’s nurses on qualification are following completion of their education programmes.
Concerns have been raised that the NMC 2018 standards for pre-registration nurse education programmes have impacted on safe care for children and young people by newly qualified nurses.
Children in care and care leavers with disabilities are missing out on vital support
Many children in care and care leavers with disabilities could be missing out on vital support according to a report published by Coram Voice. Data was obtained under a under a Freedom of Information (FOI) request sent to all local authorities.
Gender Identity Healthcare Services Standards
Healthcare Improvement Scotland have developed standards to support gender identity healthcare services in Scotland.
The standards draw on current evidence, best practice and stakeholder recommendations.
Joint Inspection of Child Protection Arrangements in Wales
Healthcare Improvement Wales published an overview report of the Joint Inspection of Child Protection arrangements in September 2024.
The focus of the inspection was to review how well partner agencies communicate and collaborate to protect children and young people.
While the review found some systematic issues hampering joint working, particularly related to different IT systems, good practice examples and innovation have also been highlighted.
Ministers in Northern Ireland launch Child Criminal Exploitation Action Plan
The Action Plan is multi-agency to improve the response to the criminal exploitation of young people and to embed this within the child protection system.
Children and young people were involved in the development and definition of child criminal exploitation which occurs ‘when an individual or group takes advantage of an imbalance of power to coerce, control, manipulate or deceive a child or young person under the age of 18 into any criminal activity.’
Welsh Government statement to highlight the International Day of the Girl
Jane Hutt MS and Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice released a cabinet statement on 11th October 2024 in recognition of the International Day of the Girl, referring to The Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure 2011, the appointment of a dedicated Minister for Children and Social Care, with responsibility for children’s rights and various initiatives including Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence: Strategy 2022 to 2026
Palliative Care Matters for All: Strategy Consultation in Scotland
The five-year strategy builds on previous palliative care strategies and sets out aims, intended outcomes and actions.
It is anticipated that adults, children and families will have a better overall palliative care experience and bereavement support.
A consultation is open on the strategy until 10th January 2025
Certificates recognising heartbreak of losing a baby extended
All parents who have experienced losing a pregnancy can now apply for a certificate formally recognising their loss.
Baby loss certificates were first launched in February 2024 but were only available to those who had experienced a loss since September 2018.
From October 9th 2024, this has been extended allowing all parents who have suffered a historic pregnancy loss or a future loss to apply.
More than 50,000 certificates have been issued so far.
Eyesight, hearing and dental checks at residential schools
Autistic children and young people and those with a learning disability are often more likely to experience eyesight, hearing and dental problems. They are also more likely to find it harder to tell anyone about these.
First newborn babies tested for over 200 genetic conditions
The pioneering study aims to identify conditions such as metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) potentially enabling earlier diagnosis and treatment that could help slow the progression of disease and extend their lives
One in eight toddlers and primary school aged children obese across England
One in seven children (15%) aged between two and 15 were obese in 2022 – similar to 2019 (16%).
Obesity rates in 2022 were 12% among those aged between two and 10, and 19% in those aged between 11 and 15.
Prevalence is highest among those children living in the most deprived areas.
Parents urged to get children vaccinated
NHS figures show nearly one in six had not received both doses of the MMR vaccine by the age of five.
Two doses of the vaccine, provides long-term protection against measles, mumps and rubella, which can cause serious illness and complications such as blindness and meningitis.
Take up is at the lowest level since 2010-11.
Unlocking Support: age disputed young people in Scotland
JustRight Scotland’s report highlights that over the last three years, age disputes raised by the Home Office have increased by 450% ; from 853 in 2020 to a staggering 4,698 in 2023. The increase has also resulted in more young people struggling to access or being unfairly denied support from local authorities.
The Scottish Government committed to defending and extending children’s rights in Scotland, with a focus on UASCs as a particularly vulnerable group.
Law Commission seeks views on disabled children’s social care law
Disabled children’s social care law is the body of legal rules covering: whether a disabled child can get help from social services to meet their needs; what help they can get; and how they get it.
The consultation asks a number of questions including: whether there should be a new legal framework for disabled children’s social care, taking disabled children out of section 17 of the Children Act 1989; whether there should be national eligibility criteria for disabled children’s social care; how we should define disability; what remedies should be available for children and families when things go wrong?
The consultation is open until 20 January 2025.
Disabled Children at the Table
A new report from the Council for Disabled Children and the Disabled Children’s Partnership highlights the constant difficulties disabled children face when seeking accessible activities, high quality care and inclusive education and demonstrates why well-resourced and properly coordinated services must be a priority.
A Review of Evidence: Passenger Exposure to Peanut and Tree Nut Allergens on Airlines
The review explored the potential risks of nut allergen exposure for individuals with nut allergies during air travel.
The risk of nut particles circulating through aircraft ventilation systems is low, however a number of unaddressed issues were highlighted.
Recommendations include:
- priority boarding for individuals with allergies
- cleaning packs with latex-free gloves for wiping down seating areas
- a “buffer zone” around individuals with nut allergies
- ensuring two adrenaline auto-injectors (AAIs) are available in the onboard medical kit, with crew trained in recognising and treating anaphylaxis.
AI in healthcare: navigating the noise
A really comprehensive guide to help you understand artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare has been produced.
It aims to supporting healthcare leaders to make sense of AI and explore the art of the possible.
Roundup of Reviews & Articles
Siblings of Persons with Disabilities: A Systematic Integrative Review of the Empirical Literature
The systematic review aimed to systematize the empirical literature on the psychological impact of disability on the siblings of persons with disabilities, to inform research and provide clinical recommendations.
60 studies were reviewed.
The findings revealed that ‘sibling relationships, sibling-focused parentification, and emotional/behavioural adjustment are the main psychological constructs investigated by existing literature. Few studies focused on siblings’ well-being’.
Findings show that the ‘quality of the sibling relationship ranged from good to poor; the caregiver is the main role played by siblings of persons with disabilities; anxiety, depression, and aggressive behaviours are the main emotional/behavioural symptoms revealed’.
Social determinants of health impact on cancer affecting children, adolescents, and young adults: systematic review and meta-analysis
This objective of this study was to ‘analyze the impact of social determinants of health (SDH) on cancer outcomes of children and adolescents and young adults (AYA) treated for cancer’.
31 studies were included involving patients between the ages of 15 and 39 yrs.
The results show that the ‘most extensively examined SDH factors were neighborhood socioeconomic status (nSES) and health insurance status. Other variables investigated were location of care (6/31), poverty level (5/31), education level (3/31), marital status (4/31), median income (3/31), travel distance to medical facility (3/31), language isolation (2/31), and unemployment (1/31)’.
The authors note the ‘fragmented and incomplete nature of research on SDH in cancer treatment in this age group’.
A systematic review of the effect of sandplay therapy on social communication deficits in children with autism spectrum disorder
The objective of this systematic review was to ‘explore the efficacy of sandplay therapy in intervening social communication deficits in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and whether this efficacy is influenced by the age of the children and the dosage of sandplay therapy intervention’.
A total of 12 RCTs (791 cases) were included. Results show that ‘sandplay therapy had a positive impact on the social communication deficits of ASD children. Subgroup analysis revealed that sandplay therapy administered during the early school age, and with a frequency of once per week was most effective in improving on social communication deficits of ASD children’.
The authors conclude that ‘sandplay therapy is an effective measure to improve social communication deficits in children with ASD, and current evidence recommends early intervention using an individual sandplay therapy or integrated sandplay therapy intervention program once a week for 22–28 weeks, which can serve as evidence-based clinical guidance’
Trends in Adolescent Health: Successes and Challenges From 2010 to the Present
This review ‘considers trends in some of the major adolescent health outcomes and contextual influences since 2010, and explores the relevance of recent cultural, societal, and public health developments on adolescent well-being’.
Key results show that ‘since 2010, progress in several areas of sexual and reproductive health has been most striking, with notable global declines in female genital mutilation/cutting, child marriage, HIV transmission, and adolescent childbearing.
Participation and retention in school has increased, although the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted positive progress for many adolescents and contributed to social isolation and economic insecurity.
The mental health and nutrition domains have clear challenges. Increased internalizing mental health issues have been observed cross-culturally, especially among girls.
The prevalence of anaemia has remained stagnant, while overweight and obesity rates are rising.
Within domains, there is uneven progress across and within countries.
The role of playgrounds in promoting children’s health: a scoping review
This scoping review aimed to ‘create an overview of all research on playground use and health benefits for children’.
247 studies were included.
Key results show that ‘adding playground markings to schoolyards led to increased physical activity.
Greening schoolyards had mainly positive effects on social and mental health.
Scrolling through adolescence: a systematic review of the impact of TikTok on adolescent mental health
This systematic scoping review examined the ‘relationship between TikTok and mental health in adolescents’ and to ‘highlight potential interactions between typical developmental processes and the unique aspects of TikTok, exploring their relevance to mental health within this demographic’.
20 studies met the inclusion criteria.
Results identified four main topics related to TikTok use (the overall impact on adolescents’ mental health; risk of problematic use and behavioural addiction; consequences on body image and self-esteem; and possible spreading of mental illness behaviours).
The authors note that ‘while TikTok offers creative opportunities for self-expression and peer connection, the literature raises concerns about its potential negative effects on teens, such as lower life satisfaction, increased risk of “contagion” of certain psychiatric symptoms, and problematic usage patterns’.
Practices for promoting a child's best interests in paediatric rehabilitation - Perspectives of professionals and parents
This qualitative study describes the practices for promoting a child's best interests in rehabilitation from the perspectives of professionals and parents of children with disabilities.
Interviews with 27 professionals, 9 parents 3 paediatric were undertaken.
The authors report that ‘practices for promoting a child's best interests consisted of collective framing of child-specific rehabilitation, fostering a fulfilling daily life for the child, and ensuring appropriate rehabilitation. This was enhanced by using child-specific practices and comprehensively understanding the child's rehabilitation in everyday life but was hindered by the absence of an established process and guidelines.
Experiences of parents with very premature-born children at risk of neurodevelopmental disorders: A qualitative study
The aim of this qualitative study was to ‘explore the perceptions of parents of premature children at risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in regard to care, interventions and assistance provided during the first months of their child's life’.
Twenty-one parents of premature children were interviewed.
Three main themes were identified: ‘(i) parents' perspectives on preterm birth risk communication, (ii) navigating parental support and early interventions in preterm birth and (iii) perceptions of preterm birth protective and challenging factors’.
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Domestic and child abuse. • undefined - Child abuse • undefined - Smiling female kindergarten teacher hugged by children in school classroom, back to school concept • undefined - River and wood landscape. Smooth river and stones, sunshine. Concept for palliative and goodbye. • undefined - baby bed is empty. Wooden white bed for toddler • undefined - Junge Frau beim Augenarzt • undefined - Sleeping newborn boy in the first days of life on white background • undefined - Fat chubby boy tired of exercise. Fat children need parent attention on weight loss for healthy life. • undefined - Little asian child girl with bandage plaster on her arm after Covid-19 vaccination. Injection covid vaccine, healthcare for children • undefined - Summer holidays and teenage concept - group of smiling teenagers with skateboard hanging out outside. • undefined - Cute little girl with painted hands • undefined - Pretty teacher helping pupils in classroom • undefined - Black silhouette of cute happy child running at countryside and holding toy plane in hand. Cute child playing with toy airplane in the meadow in vintage color tone. Childhood concept. • undefined - Machine learning with data technology, Businessman touching the brain of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and coding on interface, IoT internet of things, innovative of futuristic business. • undefined - Siblings. Hugging brothers. Family. Brotherhood. Embraced children looking at the future. Big sister protecting her little brothers. Friends. Friendship. Love, hapiness. Hope. Girl and boys outdoors. • undefined - Real estate and finance theme REMORTGAGE on wooden block with tiny houses • undefined - a sand tray with miniatures for sandplay therapy • undefined - Brick wall painted with bright colors. Creative background wall • undefined - Asian Siblings playing at the playground and smiled and laughed happy • undefined - A woman with purple hair is holding a cell phone. She is smiling and she is enjoying herself • undefined - Disabled child is playing, learning and exercising in rehabilitation therapy hospital, Lifestyle of a child with disability. Happy disability kid concept . • undefined - close up new born baby's small hand. baby holding on to her mother's Finger.