Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics

Dove Medical Press is pleased to invite you to submit your research to an upcoming Thematic Series on “COVID-19 and pediatric care", edited by Editor-in-Chief Professor Laurens Holmes in Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics.

Upon submission, please use the promo code KQXVK for 20% off the advertised article processing charge and indicate that your manuscript will be considered for the Thematic Series "COVID-19 and pediatric care". The deadline for manuscripts is the 30th of June 2023.

For any enquiries, please email Dr Gail Smith at [email protected]

About the Thematic Series

While COVID-19 has affected all age groups in various ways, the youngest in our society may have struggled to achieve the early childhood that all parents hope for their children. This includes children struggling with chronic illness and conditions early in their life, as COVID-19 impacts all facets of the ideal life for children. The impact of COVID-19 on children’s physical health can range from being unable to visit the doctor for a typical case of childhood chickenpox, to restrictions on receiving life-saving chemotherapy due to resources being shifted.

Lockdowns impacted the ability to seek pediatric care, from dentistry, general practice to psychiatry, alongside closing schools. The cognitive and social growth that school fosters may have been slowed by such closures, along with confining children to their homes, in situations where they may be unable to play with other children or have family members juggling occupational and childcare requirements. Developmental milestones may have suffered as a result, and the idea of a ‘thriving’ child grown further out of sight.

How did COVID-19 affect children, inside and out? Did telehealth really do enough when providing care for children? How do we dissect the impact of post-lockdown reintegration and COVID-19 infections in schools? These questions, and more, will have a role in this Thematic Series in assembling the wider picture of COVID-19 and pediatric care.

SARS-CoV2, the causative pathogen in COVID-19, requires mutualistic and symbiotic data, especially given immune responsiveness in children. To achieve this, the fields of medicine and public health require dynamic data in preventive measures, treatment, prognosis and mortality. Through these data, understanding on pediatric infections of COVID-19 and its relationship to comorbidities, complications and long COVID can be sought. Moreover, data can highlight the adverse impact on healthcare providers that marginalizes pediatric care. This Thematic Series in Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics invites researchers, clinicians and public health experts in children's health to submit their findings for publication. Specifically, the Editor-in-Chief welcomes publications on the topics of immunology and infectious diseases, with expert oversight ensuring that invited authors benefit from the critical review of their findings. To learn more about the Editor-in-Chief’s work in this area, please see the paper "Black-white risk differentials in COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2) transmission, mortality and case fatality in the United States: translational epidemiologic perspective and challenges" led by Professor Laurens Holmes Jr.

Holmes Jr L, Enwere M, Williams J et al. Black–white risk differentials in COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2) transmission, mortality and case fatality in the United States: translational epidemiologic perspective and challenges. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020;17(12):4322.

The journal is seeking original submissions and review articles on the following topics related to COVID-19 and how children may have been affected:

• Impact of COVID-19 on children with immunity-compromising conditions (e.g., diabetes, cancer, primary immunodeficiency)
• Children with conditions requiring specialist care (e.g., pediatric cancers, genetic disorders)
• Reaching developmental milestones in speech and motor abilities, failure to thrive
• Effects of COVID-19 on emotional wellbeing, accessibility of pediatric psychiatry
• Oral health in children, effect on pediatric dentistry
• Provision of general and emergency healthcare during COVID-19
• Telehealth for pediatric appointments

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