With a strong clinical focus, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health will be an independent journal with an international perspective. The monthly journal will present the most influential and innovative practice-changing original research, as well as authoritative reviews and insightful opinion pieces to promote the health of the whole child, from the fetal period through to young adulthood.
Mariesa Cay and Jaymin Upadhyay join Soph Davis to discuss childhood maltreatment and its effects on chronic pain and psychopathology, through a neurobehavioural model.
John Leddy joins Soph Davis to discuss using light aerobic activity in the treatment of sports-related concussion in adolescents.
Ana Cristina Simões e Silva joins Esther Lau to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on children and adolescents in Brazil.
Susan Walker & Ramya Srinivasan join Jane Godsland to discuss the clinical and social risk factors for involuntary psychiatric hospitalisation in children and adolescents.
Didier Jourdan & Nicola Gray join Jane Godsland to discuss how and why child health professionals should be supporting schools to become the foundation of a healthy life.
Four young people from the UK share their experiences of life during the pandemic: the challenges they are facing, their worries, and their hopes for the future.
On the 30th anniversary of the UN convention on the rights of the child, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health and Professor Jeffrey Goldhagen discuss how to put children’s rights, justice and equity …
Jane Bell and Simon Paget discuss trends in prescription opioid dispensing in Australian children and adolescents, and Scott Hadland comments on lessons learnt from the US experience.
The CDC’s Mark Thompson explains how the incidence of flu-associated infant hospital admissions might be double previous estimates.
Chris Bonell discusses a new theory on how school environment might influence risk-taking behaviours and health in adolescents in a Viewpoint published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.
A new study analyses how gender expression in adolescence can be associated with health behaviour and associate risks up to adulthood.
A new study investigates the multiple social, biological, and programmatic factors that associate adolescent pregnancy with early child undernutrition in India.
Six Youth Commissioners discuss the mental health issues facing young people in their countries—Canada, Uganda, Zambia, China, India, and New Zealand.
Sophie van der Schoor and Nicole van Veenendaal join The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health to discuss their study on preterm infants.
Clare Mackie joins The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health to discuss the effects of increasing cannabis potency on adolescent health.
Monica Vavilala joins The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health to talk about the Paediatric Guideline Adherence and Outcomes Program in severe traumatic brain injury.
Lola Solebo and Jugnoo Rahi discuss their work on the long-term outcomes of intraocular lens implantation for children born with cataracts.
Jeremy Walsh joins The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health to talk about his study of the effect of screen time on children's health.
Susan Shelmerdine and Owen Arthurs join The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health to discuss their work on using CT scans in post-mortem for diagnostic accuracy of rib fractures in children.
Young people are disproportionately affected by sexual assault, yet longitudinal data are sparse. Sophie Khadr joins The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health to talk about her new paper on the topic.