Alder Hey Children's Hospital

When your eye patient is a child

In this issue of the journal, we address the eye health needs of young children, focusing on those aged less than six years old. All of you who have tried to examine or measure the visual acuity of young children will know that this can be very challenging and difficult; it can b...

Fifteen-minute consultation: the child with early pubic hair

Premature pubarche refers to the early appearance of pubic hair before 8 years of age in girls and 9 years in boys and is most commonly due to premature adrenarche.Premature adrenarche refers to the early appearance of clinical signs of adrenal androgen action, including pubic or...

Can you FORCE research implementation? A PERUKI survey to evaluate knowledge translation of the FORCE study

Aims: To assess the uptake of the Forearm Fracture Recovery in Children Evaluation (FORCE) trial findings into clinical practice, and to identify the influence of targeted dissemination tools on implementation. Methods: A cross-sectional electronic survey was distributed via the...

Implementing telemedicine under polycrisis: a mixed-methods case study from Myanmar using the RE-AIM framework

Myanmar’s March 2025 7.7-magnitude earthquake intersected with conflict, governance breakdown, and economic collapse, leaving 12.9 million people needing health assistance, yet evidence on how telemedicine functions under such polycrisis conditions remains limited. We conducted a...