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The state and future of pediatric research—an introductory overview

Children have unique and rapidly changing physical, psychosocial, and developmental needs. Addressing early-life diseases and adverse childhood experiences has lifelong benefits for individuals, families and communities. This may also limit or even prevent many chronic adult-onset diseases that originate in early life. However, most pediatric researchers face financial, regulatory, institutional, ethical, and career challenges, placing pediatric research at a distinct disadvantage compared to adult investigations.

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 It’s a Small World After All: Sharing Pediatric Research Findings Around the Globe

Knowing that the field of pediatrics would benefit from an open access outlet, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is thrilled to offer a new, fully open access journal to meet this need: Pediatrics Open Science. The mission of the journal is to improve the health of children and families by making pediatric research findings and perspectives accessible worldwide. Pediatrics Open Science has strictly maintained editorial standards, and everything published in the journal will undergo rigorous peer review.

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A Paradigm Shift in How Scientists Study Kids

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Advancing the development of safe and effective therapies for children

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New research discoveries are more likely to be put to use in pediatricians’ offices if patients and their caregivers get involved

Thousands of health research articles are published every year. With new evidence constantly being made available, you might assume health practices are also constantly evolving. The reality is, however, less than 15 per cent of clinical research will ever make it into practice. Even when evidence is adopted into practice, this process can take as long as 17 years. The field of children’s health is not exempt from this slow uptake. Considering that 17 years is nearly the length of an entire childhood, the speed with which evidence is adopted into practice must increase.

Promoting Pediatric Research

Neglected tropical diseases are ancient diseases of poverty that continue to impose a devastating human, social, and economic burden on 1.6 billion people worldwide, half of whom are children. Despite the number of people affected by them, many neglected diseases still do not have adequate treatments. Of those that do, many of the medicines were developed decades ago and are toxic, ineffective, or intensely painful for patients to receive.

Regulation and Best Practice in Pediatric Clinical Research

Paediatric clinical research is essential for developing effective treatments for diseases in children. Despite growing international commitment, issues with regulation, recruitment and ethics mean that drug development for children is trailing that of adults.

Resisting Pediatric Research and Missing Chances for Cures

Is it riskier to give children experimental treatments, or not to?

Resources

Pediatric Research

Pediatric Research publishes original translational research papers, invited reviews, and commentaries on the etiologies and treatment of diseases of children and disorders of development, extending from basic science to epidemiology and quality improvement.

Pediatrics Open Science

Pediatrics Open Science is the first fully open access journal from the American Academy of Pediatrics and is committed to improving the health of children worldwide by making pediatric research accessible to all.

Annals of Pediatric Research

Annals of Pediatric Research (ISSN: 2835-7469) is an international, high quality peer reviewed, open access multidisciplinary journal; journal publishes the basic medical and clinical cases, diagnosis & treating disorders in new borns, infants, children & adolescents.

Journal of Pediatric Research

The journal publishes original research and review articles, which summarize recent developments about a particular subject based on standards of excellence and expert review and case reports.

Society for Pediatric Research

Promoting child health through a flourishing community of diverse researchers at the forefront of scientific discovery.

Advances in Pediatric Research

Advances in Pediatric Research publishes original research articles with a potential impact on the fields of neonatology, pediatrics, and adolescent medicine. The editors seek forward-looking, cutting-edge original research, case studies, and systematic reviews. We will also publish invited editorials, expert viewpoints and counterpoints. Advances in Pediatric Research is primarily a clinical research journal, yet translational, genetic and compelling basic science research articles are welcome.

Committee on Pediatric Research (COPR)

The Committee on Pediatric Research (COPR) makes policy recommendations to the Board of Directors on various aspects of child health research such as identifying major research questions, promoting funding for pediatric research and monitoring the status and practice of including children in federally sponsored research studies.