Children's Health

Overview

Children's health is the field of medicine and public health concerned with the physical, mental, and developmental well-being of infants, children, and adolescents. It takes a whole-child and family-centred view, recognising that growth, nutrition, immunisation, disease prevention, and the social environment together shape lifelong health. Because childhood is a period of rapid development, early nutrition, caregiving practices, and access to services have lasting consequences, and family and community factors strongly influence outcomes. Research in this area examines the nutritional status and health of women and children, barriers to physical activity and healthy eating as perceived by low-income parents, and the recovery of children with moderate acute malnutrition. Studies also address childhood immunisation and the factors influencing male and parental involvement, the disclosure of HIV status to children and adolescents, and community-based mentoring schemes to support mental health in school-aged children. Further work considers the role of parents and siblings as models for managing digital screen use, micronutrient deficiencies such as vitamin A and their ocular consequences, and the burden of waterborne disease in young children. By integrating nutrition, infectious disease, mental health, and the family and social context, children's health research informs prevention and care that support healthy development from infancy through adolescence.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 43 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

• “Sport is NOT a luxury.” The perceived impact of the cost-of-living crisis on sport and physical activity opportunities for children and adolescents in Northern Ireland (NI): A cross-sectional survey
  S. M. O'Kane et al. · 2025 · BMC Public Health
• “Sport is NOT a luxury.” The perceived impact of the cost-of-living crisis on sport and physical activity opportunities for children and adolescents in Northern Ireland (NI): A cross-sectional survey
  2025 · BMC Public Health
• Immunisation coverage and factors associated with incomplete immunisation in children under two during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra Leone
  Myrte Wassenaar et al. · 2024 · BMC Public Health
• Disclosure Status and Associated Factors among Caregivers of Children on Antiretroviral Therapy in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia: Hospital Based Cross Sectional Study Design
  Wondmneh Yoseph et al. · 2024 · International Archives of Nursing and Health Care
• Disclosure of HIV Status to Children on Antiretroviral Therapy: Perspectives and Experiences of Healthcare Providers in the Masaka Region, Uganda
  2024 · Research Square (Research Square)
• Using photovoice methodology to uncover individual-level, health systems, and contextual barriers to uptake of second dose of measles containing vaccine in Western Area Urban, Sierra Leone, 2020
  2023 · Vaccine X
• Vitamin A supplementation policy: A shift from universal to geographical targeted approach in India considered detrimental to health and nutritional status of under 5 years children
  2023 · European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
• The role of internalised HIV stigma in disclosure of maternal HIV serostatus to children perinatally HIV‐exposed but uninfected: a prospective study in the United States
  2023 · Journal of the International AIDS Society

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