Liam Jackman, Cynthia Chan, Chloë Jacklin, Eve Deck, Ann C Lee, Melissa Stepney, Abhilash Jain, Jeremy Rodrigues, Rakhshan Kamran
{"title":"Prioritizing Equity: A Call to Implement Freely Available and Accessible Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Paediatric Gender-Affirming Care.","authors":"Liam Jackman, Cynthia Chan, Chloë Jacklin, Eve Deck, Ann C Lee, Melissa Stepney, Abhilash Jain, Jeremy Rodrigues, Rakhshan Kamran","doi":"10.1093/pch/pxaf009","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pch/pxaf009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19730,"journal":{"name":"Paediatrics & child health","volume":"30 2","pages":"100-101"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12122196/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144199796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Manraj N Kaur, Shane D Morrison, Natasha Johnson, Shelby Deibert, Andrea L Pusic, Anne F Klassen
{"title":"Letter to the Editor: GENDER-Q Youth will measure outcomes that matter to youth seeking gender-affirming care.","authors":"Manraj N Kaur, Shane D Morrison, Natasha Johnson, Shelby Deibert, Andrea L Pusic, Anne F Klassen","doi":"10.1093/pch/pxaf008","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pch/pxaf008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19730,"journal":{"name":"Paediatrics & child health","volume":"30 2","pages":"98-99"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12122195/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144199795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Justine Cohen-Silver, Meta van den Heuvel, Sloane Freeman, Jacqueline Ogilvie, Tara Chobotuk
{"title":"Evaluating and caring for children with a suspected learning disorder in community practice.","authors":"Justine Cohen-Silver, Meta van den Heuvel, Sloane Freeman, Jacqueline Ogilvie, Tara Chobotuk","doi":"10.1093/pch/pxae089","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pch/pxae089","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Learning challenges are common in school-aged children, with 5% to 10% meeting the criteria for a specific learning disorder (SLD, previously termed a 'learning disability'). Learning disorders can present in community practice settings as behaviour challenges, school avoidance, or as symptoms of a mental health problem. Concomitant issues may include a mental health disorder, a genetic, metabolic, or neurological condition, or developmental delay. This practice point offers guidance to paediatric health care professionals regarding the presentation and diagnosis of an SLD, including information on psychoeducational assessments, a medical workup for children with learning challenges, possible comorbid health issues, and points for improvement and advocacy in support of families and children with a range of learning issues.</p>","PeriodicalId":19730,"journal":{"name":"Paediatrics & child health","volume":"29 8","pages":"544-552"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11840244/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143483817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anne Kawamura, Angela Orsino, Scott McLeod, Mark Handley-Derry, Linda Siegel, Jocelyn Vine, Nicola Jones-Stokreef
{"title":"Literacy in school-aged children: A paediatric approach to advocacy and assessment.","authors":"Anne Kawamura, Angela Orsino, Scott McLeod, Mark Handley-Derry, Linda Siegel, Jocelyn Vine, Nicola Jones-Stokreef","doi":"10.1093/pch/pxae088","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pch/pxae088","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Literacy is a key social determinant of health that affects the daily socioemotional lives of children and their economic prospects later in life. Being able to read, write, and understand written text is essential to participating in society, achieving goals, developing knowledge, and fulfilling potential. Yet a significant proportion of adults in Canada do not have the literacy skills they need to meet and manage increasingly complex workforce demands. Paediatric care providers play a pivotal role in identifying children and families at risk for low literacy. This statement offers approaches for assessing children and counselling families to improve reading skills while advocating for their right to access evidence-based reading instruction.</p>","PeriodicalId":19730,"journal":{"name":"Paediatrics & child health","volume":"29 8","pages":"531-543"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11840253/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143483826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Musings of the editor in the last print issue of <i>Paediatrics & Child Health</i>.","authors":"Joan L Robinson","doi":"10.1093/pch/pxae096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/pch/pxae096","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19730,"journal":{"name":"Paediatrics & child health","volume":"29 8","pages":"483-484"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11840257/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143482674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A rash not to miss: Langerhans cell histiocytosis.","authors":"Faith Cormier, Cathryn Sibbald","doi":"10.1093/pch/pxae095","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pch/pxae095","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 12-month-old patient presented with persistent seborrheic dermatitis and a diaper rash, unresponsive to topical medications. She was diagnosed with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":19730,"journal":{"name":"Paediatrics & child health","volume":"30 2","pages":"58-59"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12122198/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144199790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Charlotte Moore Hepburn, Brynn Aucoin, Michael Dickinson
{"title":"Recognizing adverse drug events related to paediatric medication compounding.","authors":"Charlotte Moore Hepburn, Brynn Aucoin, Michael Dickinson","doi":"10.1093/pch/pxae094","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pch/pxae094","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19730,"journal":{"name":"Paediatrics & child health","volume":"30 2","pages":"56-57"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12122199/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144199797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jeannette P So, Kayla Wiebe, Simon Kelley, Clyde Matava, Roxanne Kirsch
{"title":"Experience with sociodemographic data collection in the Canadian paediatric surgical context: A quality improvement initiative.","authors":"Jeannette P So, Kayla Wiebe, Simon Kelley, Clyde Matava, Roxanne Kirsch","doi":"10.1093/pch/pxae093","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pch/pxae093","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Groups that experience social inequities have poorer health outcomes; however, Canadian healthcare institutions do not routinely collect data to identify those with health inequities. This quality improvement initiative assessed response rates for different methods of sociodemographic data collection using a questionnaire developed to support the ethical prioritization of paediatric non-urgent surgery. Of the 329 families contacted, 85.4% (281/329) completed the questionnaire and of those, 79.7% (224/281) provided sociodemographic data. Surgeon asking in the clinic had the highest response rate (100.0%, 5/5), followed by phone calls from surgical booking administrators (81.6%, 93/114), and a research assistant asking in the clinic (81.0%, 34/42). Sociodemographic data collection is feasible in a Canadian paediatric hospital setting and response rates were higher when completed in person and by staff supporting the care of the patient. The next steps will be to incorporate patient social determinants of health data into decision-making for surgical prioritization.</p>","PeriodicalId":19730,"journal":{"name":"Paediatrics & child health","volume":"30 2","pages":"49-55"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12122204/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144199793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicole Salem, Elsie Grudeski, Tim F Booth, Disha Bhagat, Marina I Salvadori
{"title":"Acute flaccid paralysis: A call for clinical vigilance.","authors":"Nicole Salem, Elsie Grudeski, Tim F Booth, Disha Bhagat, Marina I Salvadori","doi":"10.1093/pch/pxae100","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pch/pxae100","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19730,"journal":{"name":"Paediatrics & child health","volume":"30 1","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11885876/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143586523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sergio Fanella, Ari Bitnun, Michelle Barton, Laura Sauvé
{"title":"Le diagnostic et la prise en charge de la syphilis congénitale : ne laisser passer aucune occasion.","authors":"Sergio Fanella, Ari Bitnun, Michelle Barton, Laura Sauvé","doi":"10.1093/pch/pxae040","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pch/pxae040","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>La syphilis congénitale peut provoquer un arrêt de grossesse et une morbidité importante chez les nouveau-nés. L'épidémie actuelle de syphilis congénitale au Canada (particulièrement dans l'Ouest canadien) est une urgence sanitaire évitable. Les taux font foi d'un manque de contrôle de la syphilis dans la communauté et d'un manque de ressources de santé publique pour éviter une propagation qui s'est amorcée avant la pandémie de COVID-19. Les facteurs de risque incluent l'absence de soins prénatals, l'utilisation de méthamphétamines et d'autres substances psychoactives et l'instabilité du logement. Le dépistage, le traitement et le suivi pendant la grossesse, y compris chez les partenaires, constituent la pierre angulaire de la prévention. Les cliniciens qui s'occupent de nouveau-nés ont besoin d'examiner les aspects du traitement de la mère, le risque de réinfection, les résultats de la sérologie appariée de la syphilis chez la mère et le nouveau-né, de même que l'évaluation clinique du nouveau-né. Une évaluation complète du risque orientera la prise en charge et le suivi efficaces des nouveau-nés exposés à la syphilis <i>in utero</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":19730,"journal":{"name":"Paediatrics & child health","volume":"29 7","pages":"463-479"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11638101/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142829600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}