Researchers from Cochrane Common Mental Disorders blog about the need for youth input in work to prevent suicide and self-harm young people.
Children and young people
YouTube for sharing Cochrane evidence: could this help us reach a young audience?
A blog exploring whether we are missing an obvious opportunity to use YouTube as a place to share Cochrane evidence, in order to reach a youth audience.
Research prioritisation: young people driving the mental health research agenda
A blog about the benefits and practicalities of engaging with young people in the process of undertaking child and youth mental health research.
Picturing mental health: what sort of images are the right ones?
A blog about responsibility and challenges when using images to communicate mental health research.
Chronic pain in children and adolescents: is there evidence that drugs work?
Pain researcher Emma Fisher looks at the evidence on the benefits and harms of painkilling drugs for children and teens with chronic pain.
Supporting children and young people’s mental health: a call for change
Emily Chapman calls for better understanding and support for children and young people with mental health difficulties.
Wet cough in children: making choices about treatment
GP Robert Walton looks at Cochrane evidence on antibiotics for children with 'wet cough' and explains what might help you decide what to do when your child has a cough that does not go away quickly.
Honey for cough in children: can it help?
Honey for cough? Cochrane UK's Senior Fellow in General Practice, Lynda Ware, looks into honey and at the latest evidence.
Later school start times: better for students’ education, health and wellbeing?
Emma Plugge looks at the evidence on later school start times for supporting students' education and their health and wellbeing.
Vitamin A supplementation for children: has the WHO got it right?
Sarah Rayfield, Speciality Registrar in Public Health, looks at the latest evidence on vitamin A supplementation in children living in low and middle income countries
Recurrent abdominal pain in children: evidence and uncertainty
In this blog for trainee doctors, paediatrician and Cochrane Fellow Rufaro Ndokera looks at the Cochrane evidence on recurrent abdominal pain in children
Asthma in schools: Could teaching teachers save lives?
GP Dr Robin Carr discusses the latest Cochrane evidence on whether asthma education for teachers and other school staff could improve the care of children with asthma in schools