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Developing rights-based standards for children having tests, treatments, examinations and interventions: using a collaborative, multi-phased, multi-method and multi-stakeholder approach to build consensus. (2023)
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Bray, L., Carter, B., Kiernan, J., Horowicz, E., Dixon, K., Ridley, J., …Robichaud, F. (in press). Developing rights-based standards for children having tests, treatments, examinations and interventions: using a collaborative, multi-phased, multi-method and multi-stakeholder approach to build consensus. European Journal of Pediatrics, 10.1007/s00431-023-05131-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-023-05131-9

Children continue to experience harm when undergoing clinical procedures despite increased evidence of the need to improve the provision of child-centred care. The international ISupport collaboration aimed to develop standards to outline and explain... Read More about Developing rights-based standards for children having tests, treatments, examinations and interventions: using a collaborative, multi-phased, multi-method and multi-stakeholder approach to build consensus..

The impact of COVID-19 on children, young people, and families in Sihanoukville, Cambodia: the mitigating work of M'Lop Tapang (2023)
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Kelly, A., Guest, K., Chamroeun, U., Sinat, D., & Graeme, A. (in press). The impact of COVID-19 on children, young people, and families in Sihanoukville, Cambodia: the mitigating work of M'Lop Tapang. Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing,

Globally, children have been adversely affected by the wide variety of impacts of SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus | COVID-19). Vulnerable children who depend on the support of education and health and social care systems were left unprotected as these system... Read More about The impact of COVID-19 on children, young people, and families in Sihanoukville, Cambodia: the mitigating work of M'Lop Tapang.

Time to change the reference ranges of children’s physiological observations in emergency care? A prospective study (2023)
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Brennan, L., Heal, C., Brown, S., Roland, D., & Rowland, A. (2023). Time to change the reference ranges of children’s physiological observations in emergency care? A prospective study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.16328

Background High heart and respiratory rates are key indicators in many published guidelines to identify and treat serious bacterial infection and sepsis in children but the credibility of evidence underpinning what is considered abnormal is questi... Read More about Time to change the reference ranges of children’s physiological observations in emergency care? A prospective study.

The association between temperature, heart rate, and respiratory rate in children aged under 16 years attending urgent and emergency care settings (2022)
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Heal, C., Harvey, A., Brown, S., Rowland, A. G., & Roland, D. (2022). The association between temperature, heart rate, and respiratory rate in children aged under 16 years attending urgent and emergency care settings. European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 29(6), 413-416. https://doi.org/10.1097/mej.0000000000000951

Background and importance Body temperature is considered an independent determinant of respiratory rate and heart rate; however, there is limited scientific evidence regarding the association. This study aimed to assess the association between temper... Read More about The association between temperature, heart rate, and respiratory rate in children aged under 16 years attending urgent and emergency care settings.

Sudden unexpected death in childhood in Greater Manchester (United Kingdom) : a five-year review (2015-2020) (2022)
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Quinn, S., Dierckx, E., Long, T., & Rowland, A. (2022). Sudden unexpected death in childhood in Greater Manchester (United Kingdom) : a five-year review (2015-2020). Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing, 45(4), 349-367. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694193.2022.2047828

The sudden, unexpected death of a child (SUDC) is a devastating experience. It is vital that supportive and investigative services are effective and promote the best outcomes for families. Analysis of five years of data from 309 SUDC cases in Grea... Read More about Sudden unexpected death in childhood in Greater Manchester (United Kingdom) : a five-year review (2015-2020).

The need for children's advocacy centres : hearing the voices of children (2021)
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Cook, D., Livesley, J., Long, T., Sam, M., & Rowland, A. (2021). The need for children's advocacy centres : hearing the voices of children. Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1080/24694193.2021.1989085

Children and young people (CYP) can be empowered to take on roles as agents of change in their own communities. CYP want to be heard and should be actively involved in the coproduction, design and development of services aimed at them to ensure that... Read More about The need for children's advocacy centres : hearing the voices of children.

"Boys are like gold" : the gendered differences in sexual violence against street-involved children in southwest Cambodia (2021)
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Davis, J., Miles, G., Eno, M., & Rowland, A. (2021). "Boys are like gold" : the gendered differences in sexual violence against street-involved children in southwest Cambodia. Journal of modern slavery (Online), 6(1), 1-35

This paper explores findings from interviews with 130 children (55 girls and 75 boys) living or working on the streets and beaches in Sihanoukville, Cambodia and discusses their vulnerabilities to sexual exploitation and other forms of violence. The... Read More about "Boys are like gold" : the gendered differences in sexual violence against street-involved children in southwest Cambodia.

Observational cohort study with internal and external validation of a predictive tool for identification of children in need of hospital admission from the emergency department : the Paediatric Admission Guidance in the Emergency department (PAGE) score (2020)
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Rowland, A., Cotterill, S., Heal, C., Garratt, N., Long, T., Bonnett, L., …Roland, D. (2020). Observational cohort study with internal and external validation of a predictive tool for identification of children in need of hospital admission from the emergency department : the Paediatric Admission Guidance in the Emergency department (PAGE) score. BMJ Open, 10, e043864. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043864

Objectives: To devise an assessment tool to aid discharge and admission decision making in relation to children and young people in hospital urgent and emergency care facilities, and thereby improve the quality of care that patients receive, using a... Read More about Observational cohort study with internal and external validation of a predictive tool for identification of children in need of hospital admission from the emergency department : the Paediatric Admission Guidance in the Emergency department (PAGE) score.

Exploring perceptions of parents on the use of emergency department on-site primary care services for the treatment of children with non-urgent conditions (2020)
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Sam, M., Cook, D., Rowland, A., & Butler, J. (2021). Exploring perceptions of parents on the use of emergency department on-site primary care services for the treatment of children with non-urgent conditions. Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing, 44(4), 285-302. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694193.2020.1820116

Objective: To understand the reasons parents of children with minor conditions attend the Children’s Emergency Department (ED), and their views about on-site paediatric same day care (SDC) service as an alternative treatment centre. Method: A... Read More about Exploring perceptions of parents on the use of emergency department on-site primary care services for the treatment of children with non-urgent conditions.

Inter-rater reliability of paediatric emergency assessment : physiological and clinical features (2020)
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Heal, C., Cotterill, S., Rowland, A., Garratt, N., Long, T., Brown, S., …Roland, D. (2021). Inter-rater reliability of paediatric emergency assessment : physiological and clinical features. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 106(2), 149-153. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2019-318664

Objective The Paediatric Admission Guidance in the Emergency Department (PAGE) score is an assessment tool currently in development that helps predict hospital admission using components including patient characteristics, vital signs (heart rate, te... Read More about Inter-rater reliability of paediatric emergency assessment : physiological and clinical features.

Opt-out consent in children’s emergency medicine research (2020)
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Long, T., Rowland, A., Cotterill, S., Woby, S., Heal, C., Garratt, N., …Roland, D. (2022). Opt-out consent in children’s emergency medicine research. Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing, 45(1), 31-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694193.2020.1812766

There is global acceptance that individuals should be allowed to decide whether or not to take part in research studies, and to do so after being informed about the nature of the research and the risk that might attach to participation. The process o... Read More about Opt-out consent in children’s emergency medicine research.

Ten minutes with Professor Andrew Rowland, Lead Employer Medical Director of St Helens and Knowlsey Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Honorary Professor at the University of Salford, Chair of SicKids children's charity, Non-Executive Director of M’Lop Tapang and Consultant in Children’s Emergency Medicine (2020)
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Home, J., & Rowland, A. (2021). Ten minutes with Professor Andrew Rowland, Lead Employer Medical Director of St Helens and Knowlsey Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Honorary Professor at the University of Salford, Chair of SicKids children's charity, Non-Executive Director of M’Lop Tapang and Consultant in Children’s Emergency Medicine. BMJ Leader, 5(2), 151-153. https://doi.org/10.1136/leader-2020-000341

Professor Rowland has several leadership roles spanning academic, NHS and charitable organisations. This short interview discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and how his approach to leadership has changed to cope with many challenges face... Read More about Ten minutes with Professor Andrew Rowland, Lead Employer Medical Director of St Helens and Knowlsey Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Honorary Professor at the University of Salford, Chair of SicKids children's charity, Non-Executive Director of M’Lop Tapang and Consultant in Children’s Emergency Medicine.