National Autism Plan For Children (NAPC): plan for the identification, assessment, diagnosis and access to early interventions for preschool and primary school-aged children with autism spectrum ...

Introduction of a visual communication toolkit into child protection medical assessments (CPMAs) to ensure that verbal communication is never a barrier to being heard—a multi-agency quality ...

A quality improvement (QI) project was established in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to reduce late-onset sepsis (LOS) through multiple plan–do–study–act (PDSA) cycles focusing on hygiene, ...

Curriculum of the diploma course ...

Heightened perception of sounds generated by the body—for example, hearing their own footsteps abnormally loudly, altered perception of own voice. Feeling dizzy on hearing loud sounds, feeling dizzy ...

Objective To present a structured approach for an outpatient consultation of a child with recurrent mouth ulcers. Method Review of literature and description of approach followed in our unit.

Anaemia is a global public health problem estimated to affect millions of children, with the highest prevalence among those aged 6–59 months1. Iron deficiency (ID) is the leading cause, accounting for ...

Minor recurrent aphthous stomatitis.

The genomics revolution is ever evolving. We explored ways to support the different levels of genomic literacy and upskill colleagues based in our Community Child Health service. We each have 3–4 ...

LGG group (n=376), n (%) Placebo group (n=366), n (%) RR (95% CI) NNT (95% CI ...

Enterobiasis (‘threadworm’, ‘pinworm’) is likely the most common parasitic infection, with an estimated 1 billion people infected worldwide.1 Up to 30% of children globally are affected.2 The ...

Violence is a major public health concern, affecting many people’s lives and having devastating long-term impacts, especially for children. Children and young people can be victims of violence, ...