Knowing when your child may be ill is an important part of parenting, but parents often worry about how to tell when their child is in pain or is unwell.
Theres already a great deal known about how babies and children of school age express pain and distress physically.
However to date, no research has been done in Britain about the words children use to communicate that they are in pain or that they feel unwell.
University College London Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital, in association with Calpol, a childrens medicine expert, is calling for parents of young children (aged at least one year old and less than six years old) to take part in ground-breaking research to find out how children with emerging verbal skills communicate pain and distress.
Lead investigator and professor from the Institute of Child Health, Linda Franck, will be conducting the research, which is the first extensive study of its kind in Britain.
Professor Franck has over 20 years experience in neonatal and peadiatric nursing and pain research.
She has pioneered pain assessment and management techniques for ill infants and children and has played an important role in the implementation of family centred care for hospitalised children.
In this video she talks about how valuable this research could be, and how you could take part.
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