OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Child Health Care is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Interventions that prevent or reduce obesity in children from birth to five years of age: A systematic review	27
Using social robot PLEO to enhance the well-being of hospitalised children	25
Physical restraint of children and adolescents in mental health inpatient services: A systematic review and narrative synthesis	23
Working with families: A systematic scoping review of family-centred care in universal, community-based maternal, child, and family health services	20
Orienting child- and family-centered care toward equity	16
Implementation of telehealth during COVID-19: Implications for providing behavioral health services to pediatric patients	15
The predictors, barriers and facilitators to effective management of acute pain in children by emergency medical services: A systematic mixed studies review	15
‘A confident parent breeds a confident child’: Understanding the experience and needs of parents whose children will transition from paediatric to adult care	14
Siblings of children with chronic disorders: Family and relational factors as predictors of mental health	14
Siblings of young people with chronic illness: Caring responsibilities and psychosocial functioning	14
Transition from a renal paediatric clinic to an adult clinic: Perspectives of adolescents and young adults, parents and health professionals	13
Impact of congenital heart disease on siblings: A review	13
Becoming an empowered parent. How do parents successfully take up their role as a collaborative partner in their child’s specialist care?	11
Depressive symptoms, parental stress, and attachment style in mothers and fathers two and a half years after childbirth: Are fathers as affected as mothers?	10
Psychosocial well-being and quality of life in siblings of children with congenital heart disease: A systematic review	9
Working with parents of children with complex mental health issues to improve care: A qualitative inquiry	8
Telemedicine and patient satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case–control study of outpatient pediatric urology patients	8
‘We should have been told what would happen’: Children’s and parents’ procedural knowledge levels and information-seeking behaviours when coming to hospital for a planned procedure	8
Self-reported experiences of siblings of children with life-threatening conditions: A scoping review	8
Parents’ views on and need for an intervention during their chronically ill child’s transfer to adult care	7
Distribution of wealth-stratified inequalities on maternal and child health parameters and influences of maternal-related factors on improvements in child health survival rate in Bangladesh	7
Survey of US pediatric nurses’ role in health care transition planning: Focus on assessment of self-management abilities of youth and young adults with long-term conditions	7
Maternal incarceration: Impact on parent–child relationships	7
The indirect health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and adolescents: A review	6
Emotional eating: Really hungry or just angry?	6

‘It’s quite a complex trail for families now’ – Provider understanding of access to services for Aboriginal children with a disability	6
Approaches to the initiation of life-sustaining technology in children: A scoping review of changes over time	6
Weight-biased attitudes about pediatric patients with obesity in Dutch healthcare professionals from seven different professions	6
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) practices and diarrhoea prevalence among children under five years in a tribal setting in Palghar, Maharashtra, India	6
Children’s assent within clinical care: A concept analysis	6
Theoretical and contextual considerations for self-management strategies of children and adolescents with chronic diseases: An integrative review	5
Using narrative therapy with children experiencing developmental disabilities and their families in India: A qualitative study	5
Supporting families during pediatric critical illness: Opportunities identified in a multicenter, qualitative study	5
A scoping review of mother–child separation in clinical paediatric settings	5
mHealth developmental screening for preschool children in low-income communities	5
Determinants of health care seeking behavior for childhood infectious diseases and malnutrition: A slum-based survey from Bangladesh	4
Non-pharmacological interventions to reduce anxiety among children undergoing surgery: A systematic review	4
Factors influencing nurse retention within children’s palliative care	4
The Hospital Safety Scale for Kids: Development of a new measurement tool for hospitalized children	4
Benefits of podcasts for healthcare professionals	4
Growth in the face of overwhelming pressure: A narrative review of sibling donor experiences in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant	4
Caregiver experiences during their child’s acute medical hospitalization for a mental health crisis	4
Home quality and child health: Analysis of the Survey of Income and Program Participation	4
Development of a high-risk neonatal infection control competency scale	3
Children’s fear and distress during a hospital-based family flu vaccine clinic: A parent survey	3
Pediatric primary care clinicians’ views on needs and challenges in caring for infants with intrauterine opioid exposure and their families	3
Shades of care: Understanding the needs of racially and ethnically diverse paediatric patients, their families, and health care providers in North America	3
Emerging technologies’ role in reducing under-five mortality in a low-resource setting: Challenges and perceived opportunities by public health workers in Makonde District, Zimbabwe	3
Association between timing and duration of breech presentation during pregnancy and developmental dysplasia of the hip: A case-control study	3
Heidegger and parenthood: A theoretical and methodological shift from instrumental to ontological understanding	3
Vaccination programs for children aged up to 18 years in Europe, 2020	3
The imperative to develop health literacy: An ethical evaluation of HealthLit4Kids	3
Crossroads of parental decision making: Intersections of hope, communication, relationships, and emotions	3
Clinician and carer moral concerns when caring for children who tube-feed	3
Living with food allergy: What this means for children	3
Socio-family support for parents of technology-dependent extremely preterm infants after hospital discharge	3
Hearing the voices of looked-after children: Considering the challenges of obtaining feedback on healthcare services	3
Children’s understanding and consent to heart surgery: Multidisciplinary teamwork and moral experiences	3
Palestinian children living amidst political and military violence deploy active protection strategies against psychological trauma: How agency can mitigate traumatic stress via life satisfaction	3
Exploring parental perceptions of a family-centred model of care in a public child development service	3
Paediatric post-discharge pain and parent perceptions of support from an Australian nurse practitioner led acute pain service	3
Validation of growth standards and growth references: A review of literature	3
Identifying research priorities with children, youth, and families: A scoping review	3
Barriers and facilitators to discussing parent mental health within child health care: Perspectives of parents raising a child with congenital heart disease	3
Reported costs of children with medical complexity—A systematic review	3
Parental experiences of home phototherapy for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia	3
Child and family health nurses’ roles in the care of infants and children: A scoping review	3
DigiKnowIt News: Educating youth about pediatric clinical trials using an interactive, multimedia educational website	3
Health anxiety by proxy – through the eyes of the parents	3
Using an App to monitor postoperative pain at home in pediatric patients	3
Association between poor sleep for infants to two years and subsequent mental health symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Parents’ experience of family-centred care in the post-anaesthetic care unit during non-clinical delays: A qualitative study	3
A systematic review into healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards self-harm in children and young people and its impact on care provision	3
Communication styles between family carers and children with leukaemia in occupied Palestinian territory	2
Stuck in transit: A qualitative study of the transitional care needs of young people with epilepsy and juvenile idiopathic arthritis	2

‘Managing an unexpected life - a caregiver’s career’: Parents’ experience of caring for their child with a non-malignant life-limiting condition	2
Online assessment of problem-solving skills among fathers of young and school-age children with type 1 diabetes: Associations with parent and child outcomes	2
Self-care support of diet and the gut in the routine care of school-age children with long-term conditions: An integrative review	2
Parent-led strategies supporting personal well-being when caring for a child with a life-limiting condition: A scoping review	2
Family asthma management in urban children and its association with sleep outcomes	2
Associations between child mental health, carer worry and help-seeking	2
Children and adolescents’ mental health in pandemics and confinement: A scoping review of vulnerability factors and repercussions	2
Validation of a measure of parental responsiveness: Comparison of the brief Parental Responsiveness Rating Scale with a detailed measure of responsive parental behaviours	2
(Re)Establishment of fatherhood among fathers of children with mental disorders: A qualitative metasynthesis	2
Understanding the toolbox: A mixed methods study of attitudes, barriers and facilitators in parental intervention of children’s cancer pain at home	2
“Rural mothers’ feelings of isolation when caring for a child chronic health condition: A phenomenological study”	2
Effects of family-centered care on bonding: A systematic review	2
Nurses’ and midwives’ contributions to a public health response to keeping children safe from abuse and neglect – a Delphi study	2
Parental accommodation of symptoms in adolescents with chronic pain	2
Evaluation of fatigue and related factors in survivors of pediatric cancer and hematopoietic stem cell transplant	2
Health-related quality of life of preschool-aged children with type 1 diabetes in the context of family and maternal functioning	2
Experiences from leading parental education groups: Perceived difficulties and rewards as an indication of skill acquisition	2
A medication adherence–enhancing simulation intervention in pediatric cystic fibrosis	2
Child health interventions delivered by lay health workers to parents: A realist review	2
Bottle-feeding, a neglected area of learning and support for nurses working in child health: An exploratory qualitative study	2
Working with children and young people in research: Supportive practices and pathways to impact	2
“Holding back my own emotions”: Evaluation of an online education module in pediatric end-of-life care	2
The emotional and psychiatric problems of adolescents on parole whose parents are substance users: A Brazilian cross-sectional study	2
Peer crowd affiliation, adherence, perceived support, and metabolic control in T1DM youth	2
Preventing internalising problems in preschoolers with chronic physical health conditions	2
Effects of comorbid asthma and eczema on child and family quality of life	2
Experiencing place identity and place belongingness at a children’s hospice: Parents’ perspectives	2
Preparation of children for elective surgery and hospitalisation: A parental perspective	2
Burden of disease and lifestyle habits in adolescents and young adults prone to frequent episodic migraine: A secondary comparative analysis	1
‘Diagnosis, disclosure and stigma: The perspectives of Indonesian children with HIV and their families’	1
Prevalence and associating variables with fear of progression in Chinese pediatric cancer patients: A cross-sectional study	1
Ability of 3- to 5-year-old children to use simplified self-report measures of pain intensity	1
Exploring the implementation of child life services with facility dogs	1
Children’s experiences of stress and coping during hospitalization: A mixed-methods examination	1
A scoping review of the Choice and Partnership Approach in child and adolescent mental health services	1
Housing conditions as predictors of common childhood illness: Evidence from Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys, 2008–2018	1
Randomised controlled trial of the Healthy Living Triple P–Positive Parenting Program for families of children with type 1 diabetes	1
Parents’ advice to other parents of children with spinal muscular atrophy: Two nationwide follow-ups	1
How to communicate with children, according to Health Play Specialists in the United Kingdom: A qualitative study	1
Patient experience surveys for children’s community health services: A scoping review	1
Acute pediatric cannabis intoxication: A scoping review	1
Exploring implementation processes of a parent-targeted educational video for improving newborn pain treatment: A sequential exploratory mixed-methods study	1
Engaging children, young people, parents and health professionals in interviews: Using an interactive ranking exercise within the co-design of multimedia websites	1
Pediatric tracheostomy speaking valves: A multidisciplinary protocol leads to earlier initial trials	1
Pediatric clinicians’ perspectives on assessing concerns about young children’s social-emotional wellbeing in primary care	1
Parenting interventions targeting early parenting difficulty: A scoping review	1
Caregivers’ perceptions of the relationship among weight, health status, and asthma in their children	1
Effectiveness and safety of prophylactic phototherapy to prevent jaundice in premature newborns: Systematic review and meta-analysis	1
Cardiac rhythm devices in pediatric patients: Impact on family functioning and parent’s health-related quality of life	1
Predictors of successful weight loss in children treated at a community hospital–based tertiary care pediatric weight management program	1
Home-like care: Collaboration between parents and nurses in everyday situations when children are hospitalized	1
Parent and staff perspectives on the benefits and barriers to communication with infants in the neonatal intensive care unit	1
Maternal autonomy and childhood undernutrition: Analysis of 2018 Nigeria demographic and health survey	1
Health anxiety and associated constructs in school-age children and adolescents with congenital heart disease and their parents: A children’s healthy-heart activity monitoring program in Saskatchewan	1
‘It’s my back…’; developing the coming to spinal clinic resource to improve the health literacy of young people with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and their parents	1
Effects of a cluster-randomized exercise intervention on cardiovascular health in preschoolers	1
Child maltreatment and pediatric pain: A survey of healthcare professionals’ pain knowledge and pain management techniques	1
The role of functional disability and social support in psychological outcomes for individuals with pediatric hypermobile ehlers–danlos syndrome	1
Perspectives of children with physical disabilities, parents and physiotherapists on use of walkers and their potential to increase physical activity. A qualitative exploration	1
Outcomes of a pilot evaluation of a group urotherapy programme for children with complex elimination disorders: An Australian experience	1
Preventing malnutrition within the first 1000 days of life in under-resourced communities: An integrative literature review	1
Understanding the impact of ‘wish-granting’ interventions on the health and well-being of children with life-threatening health conditions and their families: A systematic review	1
Patterns of service provision in child and adolescent mental health care in Australia	1
Sexual and reproductive health rights of Ukraine’s young sanctuary seekers: Can we pre-empt risks and uncertainty?	1
Being connected: Exploring the needs of mothers during the postnatal period in Queensland, Australia	1
Parents’ perspectives of factors affecting parent–adolescent communication about type 1 diabetes and negotiation of self-management responsibilities	1
‘Do you feel well or unwell?’ A study on children’s experience of estimating their nausea using the digital tool PicPecc	1
Moral experiences of children with medical complexity: A participatory hermeneutic ethnography in Brazil	1
Supportive use of digital technologies during transition to adult healthcare for young people with long-term conditions, focusing on Type 1 diabetes mellitus: A scoping review	1
Caregiver burden of families of children with corrosive esophageal injuries	1
Clinician and healthcare managers’ perspectives on the delivery of secondary and tertiary pediatric weight management services	1
Adolescent self-harm: Parents’ experiences of supporting their child and help-seeking	1
Children and young people’s participation in decision-making within healthcare organisations in New Zealand: An integrative review	1
Visual stimulation in the neonatal intensive care unit: A systematic literature review	1
The association between learning disorders, motor function, and primitive reflexes in pre-school children: A systematic review	1
Experiences of trust in mothers of hospitalized children toward pediatric nurses	1
Hospital discharge intervention developed in a dialogical way with families to prepare them to care for children with chronic diseases at home: Mixed methods study	1