JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting

Attentional functioning in childhood emerges from the interaction between cognitive, behavioral, and emotional processes. Children with these vulnerabilities frequently exhibit executive function deficits, including working memory, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, and processing speed, which compromise the ability to regulate attention, plan, and organize tasks, and modulate emotional responses, highlighting the need for screening approaches that integrate multiple dimensions of child functioning.

This pilot study examined the feasibility and acceptability of implementing a digital in-home air quality monitor among families with children with asthma (N=20). Interview and survey data indicated that the use of this tool was both feasible and acceptable, while highlighting affordability as an important concern for use in future clinical practice for asthma management.

Preoperative anxiety affects an estimated 50% to 70% of children undergoing surgery and is associated with poorer perioperative cooperation, increased postoperative distress, and delayed recovery. Digital storytelling and immersive technologies, including virtual reality and augmented reality, have emerged as child-centered preparation tools to improve the preoperative experience.

Available information about existing neonatal and pediatric intensive care datasets is scarce.

Creative music therapy (CMT) in preterm infants has been associated with improved health outcomes in both parents and infants while promoting parent-infant bonding. However, access to CMT is limited.

Neonatal jaundice is a very common condition in the first week of life requiring timely recognition of the small subset of neonates at risk of developing severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (SNH). Total serum bilirubin, as quantified through blood testing, remains the gold standard for diagnosis, whereas screening based on visual inspection has been proven unreliable in identifying which jaundiced neonates require total serum bilirubin. Picterus Jaundice Pro (JP) is a mobile health app developed for use by health care professionals and parents to screen for imminent SNH. However, parental user experiences with Picterus JP remain largely unexplored.

AI-enabled chatbots and related conversational systems can facilitate human–computer interaction through natural language, personalization, and automated support. In pediatric health promotion, these tools have the potential to provide scalable and flexible approaches to support physical activity (PA) and related lifestyle behavior change within family contexts. However, evidence regarding AI and chatbot-supported interventions for PA and obesity-related lifestyle behaviors among children and adolescents remains limited, and the extent to which these interventions involve parents, caregivers, or families has not been clearly characterized.

Geography and socioeconomic disadvantage impede access to appropriate services for rural and remote-dwelling children with complex developmental and mental health needs. Telehealth offers opportunities to increase access to essential health and well-being services for people with complex needs who live in rural and remote areas, whose experiences of mental ill-health are frequently compounded by social marginalization and economic disadvantage.

Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with type 1 diabetes (T1D) face a heightened risk of care gaps and preventable complications during the transition from pediatric to adult care. AYAs from low-income families are more likely to experience poor outcomes. Care guidelines for T1D now recommend a transition program beginning several years prior to anticipated independence. However, existing transition programs often require substantial resources, limiting their scalability and accessibility.

Being active benefits children and their parents, but there is a lack of co-designed resources that support families to engage in physical activity (PA) together.

Infants with complex heart disease often have delayed development, learning difficulties, and mental health problems as they grow older. Their parents and other caregivers engage in online health information–seeking behavior to understand and support their children’s health and development.

Hospitalization poses significant psychosocial challenges for children, including anxiety, emotional distress, and disruption of daily routines. While animal-assisted therapy has shown benefits, practical barriers such as infection control concerns and inconsistent availability limit its implementation in pediatric wards. Social robots have emerged as a promising alternative, but evidence on their psychosocial impact in pediatric settings remains limited. LOVOT is a companion robot designed for emotional engagement through warmth, softness, and nonverbal interaction; however, no studies have examined its effects in pediatric health care.