JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting

Ocular following responses (OFRs), small amplitude short-latency reflexive eye movements, have been used to study visual motion processing, with potential diagnostic applications. However, they are difficult to record with commercial video-based eye trackers, especially in children.

Rising childhood obesity rates in Asia are adding risk for the future adult burden of obesity and noncommunicable diseases. Weak policies across most Asian countries enable unrestricted marketing of obesogenic foods and beverages to children. Television is the common medium for food marketing to reach this audience.

Pain assessment in the infant population is challenging owing to their inability to verbalize and hence self-report pain. Currently, there is a paucity of data on how parents identify and manage this pain at home using standardized pain assessment tools.

Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admissions of newborns are emotional and stressful for parents, influencing their mental and physical wellbeing and resulting in high rates of psychological morbidities. Significant research has been undertaken to understand and quantify the burden of a newborn’s medical journey on parents’ wellbeing. Simultaneously, an increase is observed in the development and implementation of telemedicine interventions, defined as remote delivery of health care. Telemedicine is used as an overarching term for different technological interventions grouped as real-time audio-visual communication, remote patient monitoring, and asynchronous communication. Various telemedicine interventions have been proposed and developed, but scarcely with the primary goal of improving the parental wellbeing during their newborn’s medical journey.

Length measurement in young children younger than 18 months is important for monitoring growth and development. Accurate length measurement requires proper equipment, standardized methods, and trained personnel. In addition, length measurement requires young children’s cooperation, making it particularly challenging during infancy and toddlerhood.

Parenting support programs enhance parents’ health and their child’s development. The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the delivery of these programs over the internet. After the pandemic, internet-based programs are still preferred by some.

Adolescent voices are frequently excluded from sexual and reproductive health (SRH) research. Despite progressive policies and access to SRH care, adolescents in New York City who live in neighborhoods with high poverty and those who identify as Black or Hispanic experience poor SRH outcomes, including high rates of unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections.

The Singapore Integrated 24-hour activity guide for children and adolescents was introduced to promote healthy lifestyle behaviours, including physical activity, sedentary behaviour, sleep and diet, to improve their metabolic health and prevent against non-communicable diseases. To support the dissemination and implementation of these recommendations, a user-friendly online resource was created to help children and adolescents adopt these behaviours in Singapore.

The 42 days after delivery (“fourth trimester”) are a high-risk period for birthing individuals and newborns, especially those who are racially and ethnically marginalized due to structural racism.

Amid growing concern over children’s access to online pornography, policy makers are looking toward new and emerging technological concepts for unexplored solutions including artificial intelligence and facial recognition.

Sexual health indicators for adolescents and young adults (AYAs) aged between 13 and 25 years, are particularly poor on Reunion Island. Access to accurate information as well as sexual health and contraceptive services are vital to maintaining sexual well-being. Teleconsultations offer a promising approach to address the sexual health and contraceptive needs of AYAs who are more susceptible to engage in unprotected sexual intercourse. However, literature on digital sexual health services for this demographic group is limited.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can have traits that impact multiple domains of functioning and quality of life, which can persevere throughout life. To mitigate the impact of ASD on the long-term trajectory of an individual’s life, it is imperative to seek early and adequate treatment via scientifically validated approaches, of which Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is the gold-standard. ABA treatment must be delivered via a behavior technician with oversight from a board-certified behavior Analyst. However, shortages in certified ABA therapists create treatment access barriers for individuals on the autism spectrum. Increased ASD prevalence demands innovations for treatment delivery. Parent-led treatment models for neurodevelopmental conditions are effective, yet underutilized and may fill this care gap.