Has your child fractured a bone? A new report shows it’s the leading type of injury for kids. But the causes of injury change as children grow older and differ between boys and girls.
No parent wants to see their child suffer and untreated pain can have health consequences. But parents may have concerns about use of opioids for their child’s acute pain. Here are tips for safer use.
Just over half of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care live with a kinship carer. Targets aim to increase this proportion. But what is kinship care?
Since nutrition standards were strengthened in 2010, eating at school provides many students with healthier food than is available cheaply elsewhere. Plus, reducing stigma increases the number of kids getting fed.
Children are bearing the brunt of austerity. From obesity to infant mortality, child health is affected by sustained under-investment. What can be done to reverse the decline?
Chances are, your teenager has already seen online porn. How should you respond if you find out they are watching it? What conversations should you be having with young children to prepare them?
For over 20 years, I have researched and treated children sleep problems. The research suggests changing sleep patterns over the summer break does not have to be a problem.
Hellen Gitau, African Population and Health Research Center; Blessing Mberu, African Population and Health Research Center; Kanyiva Muindi, African Population and Health Research Center, and Samuel Iddi, African Population and Health Research Center
The impact of housing quality extends beyond health to education and subsequent economic outcomes, particularly for children.
Despite their small size, infants and children actually require about the same amount of iron as adults, to help them grow. Many aren’t getting enough.
Paediatrician at the Royal Childrens Hospital and Associate Professor and Clinician Scientist, University of Melbourne and MCRI, Murdoch Children's Research Institute