Children's Health
A section of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Section Information
Children and their health is a pair sometimes difficult to disentangle. Many risk factors do exist, sometimes they are modifiable, like all risk factors with a behavioral component, and sometimes not, like gender. Causal pathways are not always clear, most of the times because of the design of the study; but sometimes – to the researcher’s great pleasure–such pathways are visible, or at least a part is visible. Sometimes the risk factors are age-dependent: they do not work similar at every time in life.
Where to start with disentangling children and health? We could start with modifiable risk factors not known so very well. Furthermore, we could try to get more grip on the way risk factors are working by introducing mediation. In addition, we could try to do a study with a longitudinal design, or combine findings in a trend analysis. We should keep in mind that decision-makers require new knowledge to be of assistance for children and health systems managing these risk factors. These health systems can be those, which were not defined as such before, like schools or municipalities.
Thus, research and practice needed at local to international scales include:
- Elaborate causal pathways relating changes in children’s health;
- Quantify associations between children’s health behaviors and their health outcomes;
- If possible, come with trend analyses;
- Show local best practices (such as sugar tax levied by a national government; a prohibition of energy drinks in a certain surrounding around a school; more gym in competing obesity by a school);
- Also show local not working practices (your colleague then knows what not to do);
- The age of the children related to their health behaviors;
- Examine challenges and opportunities for multi-sectoral adaptation partnerships that benefit children health;
- Identify, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of the school’s policies and programs;
- Estimate the range of health co-benefits of mitigation policies on health behaviour.
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Effects of Parental Physical and Mental Illness on Children and Adolescents (Deadline: 20 May 2022)
- Unintended Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic, on the Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Screen-Time and Health in Children and Adolescents (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Accumulating Evidence on Child and Adolescent Health from Cohort Studies (Deadline: 22 June 2022)
- Promoting Engagement in Sport for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- New Frontiers in Children’s Health and Well-Being (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Recent Advances in Child Abuse Research (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- The Health of Children in the Netherlands: State of the Art, Challenges Ahead and Perspectives for Future Research (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Health Promotion of Children and Adolescents (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Early Childhood Nutrition and Associated Food Preferences, Dietary Patterns, and Health Outcomes (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Advances in the Treatment of Dyslexia (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- 2nd Edition of Obesity Prevention and Intervention in Children and Adolescents (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Child Friendly Environments: Factors Influencing Children’s Activities (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Physical Activity in Children's Health: Management for Leisure, Recreation and Sports (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Environment, Survival, and Childhood Cancer (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Children's Environmental Exposure to and Health Outcomes from Environmental Contaminants (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Child Maltreatment: New Frontiers in Prevention, Response, and Resilience (Deadline: 1 August 2022)
- Dietary Patterns and Health Outcomes in Children and Adolescents (Deadline: 30 August 2022)
- The Role of Parenting in Typical and Atypical Child Development (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Child Maltreatment and Well-Being (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Health of Migrant Children (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Toward a Better Understanding of Young People's Health in Central and Eastern European Countries (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Psychological and Physiological Health in Prenatal Parenting and Parent-Child Interaction (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Promotion of Children's Social-Emotional Learning and Development (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Prenatal Exposures, Fetal Development, Birth Outcomes, and Children's Health (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Second Edition of the Air Pollution Impact on Children’s Health (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Child Mental Health in a Modern World (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- The Latest Research on Maternal and Child Health (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- 2nd Edition of Adolescent and Young People's Health Issues and Challenges (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Children's Well-Being and Violence against Children: Psychosocial and Public Health Aspects (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- 1000 Days to Get a Good Start in a Child's Life (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Epidemiology and Outcome of Invasive Fungal Disease in Children (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Myopia and Other Visual Disorders in Children (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Child Injury Prevention and Safety (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Child and Adolescent Lifestyle Behaviors and Insulin Sensitivity (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Sleep in Children (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Family Relationship and Children's Mental Health (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Childhood Obesity Prevention: A Global Public Health Issue (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Assessment of Growth and Development of Children and Adolescents Worldwide (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Research in Child and Family Health (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the Life-Course Health Consequences (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- 2nd Edition: Drug Utilisation Studies in Paediatrics (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Childhood Caries Management (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Substance Use and Behavioral Addictions in Adolescents and Young Adults (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Conflictual Parent-Child Relationship and Children's Mental Health (Deadline: 22 December 2022)
- Research in Childhood Obesity (Deadline: 26 December 2022)
- Exclusive Papers Collection of Editorial Board Members in Section Children's Health (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Chronic Respiratory Diseases and Respiratory Care in Childhood (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- The 2nd Edition: Recent Advances of Adolescents and Children Health Research (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Children, Young People and Carers’/ Families’ Perspectives of Health, Health (In)equity and Wellbeing (Deadline: 14 January 2023)
- The Association between Childhood Motor and Cognitive Development (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Child Physical Activity and Health (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Advances in Maternal and Child Nutrition and Health (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Children’s Play: Contributions to Health and Development (Deadline: 1 February 2023)
- Child, Health and Equity (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Interdisciplinary Fields of Pediatric Intensive Care (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Children’s Care, Health, and Development (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- 2nd Edition of Breast Milk and Infant Well-Being (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Physical and Mental Benefits Associated with Active Commuting in Young People (Deadline: 1 April 2023)
- Effect of Nutritional Behaviour on Children’s Health (Deadline: 1 April 2023)
- Associations of Socio-Ecological Contexts with Child Development (Deadline: 1 April 2023)
- New Advances in Pediatric Exercise and Health Sciences (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- The Impact of Disparities on Children’s Health (Deadline: 1 May 2023)
- Childhood Obesity: Environment, Behavior, and Physiology (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Research on Autism in Children (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions: