Contents Number 1, January 2003 Call for papers CM Hill and J Watkins Statutory health assessments for looked-after children: what do they achieve? P Sloper and J Lightfoot Involving disabled and chronically ill children and young people in health service development E C Jessen, A F Colver, P C Mackie, and S N Jarvis Development and validation ofa tool to measure the impact of childhood disabilities on the lives of children and their families H McConachie and S Logan Validation of the measure of processes of care for use when there is no Child Development Centre S Vernon, B Lundblad and A L Hellstrom Children’s experiences of school toilets present a risk to their physical and psychological health S J Madden, S E Ledermann, M Guerrero-Blanco, M Bruce and R S$ Trompeter Cognitive and psychosocial outcome of infants dialysed in infancy S Schmidt,C Petersen and M Bullinger Coping with chronic disease from the perspective of children and adolescents —a conceptual framework and its implications for participation R Davies, B Davis and J Sibert Parents’ stories of sensitive and insensitive care by paediatricians in the time leading up to and including diagnostic disclosure of a life-limiting condition in their child R Reading Current Literature Number 2, March 2003 G Gokcay Editorial — New dynamics of setting vaccination strategies in developing countries C Eiser, Y H Vance, B Horne, A Glaser and H Galvin The value of the PedsQLTM in assessing quality of life in survivors of childhood cancer E Procter and P Loader A 6-year follow-up study of chronic constipation and soiling in a specialist paediatric service R J Park, A Lee, H Woolley, L Murray and A Stein Children’s representation of family mealtime in the context of maternal eating disorders S A Redsell, J Collier, P Garrud, J H C Evans and C Cawood Multimedia versus written information for nocturnal enuresis education: a cluster randomized controlled trial iv. Contents ] Lebeer and R Rijke Ecology of development in children with brain impairment C Glazebrook, C Hollis, H Heussler, R Goodman and L Coates Detecting emotional and behavioural problems in paediatric clinics R Reading Current Literature Number 3, May 2003 Call for papers \ C Baverstock and F Finlay Who manages the care of students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in higher education? H Hawamdeh and N Spencer The effects of work on the growth of Jordanian boys M Hill and P Morton Child health profiles: the viewpoints of adults M Mantymaa, K Puura, I Luoma, R Salmelin, H Davis, J Tsiantis, V Ispanovic-Radojkovic, A Paradisiotou and T Tamminen Infant—mother interaction as a predictor of child’s chronic health problems S Verté, H Roeyers and A Buysse Behavioural problems, social competence and self-concept in siblings of children with autism lr S Berg-Nielsen, A Vika and A A Dahl When adolescents disagree with their mothers: CBCL-YSR discrepancies related to maternal depression and adolescent self-esteem J R Parr, A Ward and S Inman Current practice in the management of Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity (ADHD) L Speedwell, F Stanton and K K Nischal Informing parents of visually impaired children: who should do it and when? R Reading Current Literature Announcement Number 4, July 2003 D K Pal Editorial—Epilepsy control in the twenty-first century: hidden impact on children and families Z Tabibi and K Pfeffer Choosing a safe place to cross the road: the relationship between attention and identification of safe and dangerous road-crossing sites S Roulstone, T J Peters, M ( slogow ska and P Enderby A 12-month follow-up of preschool children investigating the natural history of speech and language delay L Berlin, G Bohlin, L Nyberg and L-O Janols Sustained performance and regulation of effort in clinical and non-clinical hyperactive children G Alperstein and S Raman Promoting mental health and emotional well-being among children and youth: a role for community child health? Contents F Sahin, U Beyazova and A Aktiirk Attitudes and practices regarding circumcision in Turkey B J Shields, T M Palermo, J D Powers, S D Grewe and G A Smith Predictors of a child’s ability to use a visual analogue scale J C Smith, J Williams and K P Gibbin Children with a tracheostomy: experience of their carers in school I lakovakis, N Dessypris, M Dalamaga and E Petridou A cluster analysis of road traffic-related childhood knee injuries M S Smailbegovic, G J Laing and H Bedford Why do parents decide against immunization? The effect of health beliefs and health professionals R Reading Current Literature Number 5, September 2003 L Kohler ESSOP — 25 years: personal reflections from one who started the European Society for Social Paediatrics N Spencer and C Coe Social patterning and prediction of parent-reported behaviour problems at 3 years in a cohort study E Kosunen, R Kaltiala-Heino, M Rimpela and P Laippala Risk-taking sexual behaviour and self-reported depression in middle adolescence —a school-based survey S Topbas, I Mavis and D Erbas Intentional communicative behaviours of Turkish-speaking children with normal and delayed language development M Law, S Hanna, G King, P Hurley, S King, M Kertoy and P Rosenbaum Factors affecting family-centred service delivery for children with disabilities J A Dezoete, B A MacArthur and B Tuck Prediction of Bayley and Stanford-Binet Scores with a group of very low birthweight children L Gillis Use of an interactive game to increase food acceptance — a pilot study R Guy, J Nicholson, S $ Pannu and R Holden A clinical evaluation of ophthalmic assessment in children with sensori-neural deafness K Peltzer and S$ Promtussananon Black South African children’s understanding of health and illness: colds, chicken pox, broken arms and AIDS C Haines Sequencing, co-ordination and rhythm ability in young children R Reading Current Literature Number 6, November 2003 C Coe, N Spencer, J Barlow, P Vostanis and L Lainé Services for pre-school children with behaviour problems in a Midlands city C C Butler, M K van der Linden, H L MacMillan and J C van der Wouden Should children be screened to undergo early treatment for otitis media with effusion? A systematic review of randomized trials vi Contents K Maniadaki, E J S Sonuga-Barke and E Kakouros Trainee nursery teachers’ perceptions of disruptive behaviour disorders; the effect of sex of child on judgements of typicality and severity ] Green, E Waters, A Haikerwal,C O'Neill, S Raman, M L Booth and K Gibbons Social, cultural and environmental influences on child activity and eating in Australian migrant communities M Wigren and S Hansen Prader-Willi syndrome: clinical picture, psychosocial support and current management G Grimshaw, A Stanton, C Blackburn, K Andrews, C Grimshaw, Y Vinogradova and W Robertson Patterns of smoking, quit attempts and services for a cohort of 15- to 19-year-olds J Miller, J Colligan and A Colver A qualitative study, using focused interviews, of the information needs of families whose children’s names are on a cerebral palsy register M P Wailoo, J A Westaway, D Joseph, S A Petersen, T Davies and J R Thompson Overnight deep body temperature and urinary cortisol excretion in infants from economically deprived areas r Crawford and E Simonoff Parental views about services for children attending schools for the emotionally and behaviourally disturbed (EBD): a qualitative analysis N M Flanagan, A J Jackson and A E Hill Visual impairment in childhood: insights from a community-based survey E Waters, S Stewart-Brown and R Fitzpatrick Agreement between adolescent self-report and parent reports of health and well-being: results of an epidemiological study D Martin and Y Bat-Chava Negotiating deaf—hearing friendships: coping strategies of deaf boys and girls in mainstream schools N Gariépy and N Howe The therapeutic power of play: examining the play of young children with leukaemia C Dunkley, B Waldron, N Ahmad and W Whitehouse An observational study investigating the health provision for children with epilepsy within secondary schools in the East Midlands, UK G A Roose and A M John A focus group investigation into young children’s understanding of mental health and their views on appropriate services for their age group L Kéhler and M Rigby Indicators of children’s development: considerations when constructing a set of national Child Health Indicators for the European Union J Wilder and M Granlund Behaviour style and interaction between seven children with multiple disabilities and their caregivers A K Forseth and H Sigmundsson Static balance in children with hand-eye co-ordination problems R Reading Current Literature Author index Keyword index