Women's exposure to intimate partner violence and its association with child stunting: findings from a population-based study in rural Rwanda.

Background: Child stunting is a significant challenge for most districts in Rwanda and much of sub-Saharan Africa and persists despite multisectoral efforts. There is a notable lack of population-based studies examining the correlation between violence against women and child stunting in Rwanda.

Objective: We aimed to investigate the association between Rwandan women's exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) and child stunting in children under 3 years of age.

Utility of interleukin-6 to identify serious bacterial infections in febrile infants aged ≤60 days.

Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate the utility of interleukin-6 (IL-6) in the early diagnosis of serious bacterial infections (SBI) in febrile infants and to compare it with C-reactive protein (CRP).

Methods: Retrospective study conducted in the paediatric emergency department in Gothenburg, Sweden, on previously healthy, full-term infants aged ≤60 days with fever without a source (FWS) from 2014 to 2017.

Results: We included 536 infants with FWS, of whom IL-6 was analysed in 364 (68%) and CRP was analysed in 494 (92%).

Clinical Spectrum and Epidemiology of Human Parechovirus Infections in Infants: A Retrospective Study in the Western Part of Sweden.

Background: Human parechovirus (HPeV) infections can cause sepsis and meningoencephalitis in infants. To improve our knowledge of the consequences of HPeV infections in young children, the incidence, clinical spectrum, and short-term outcome among infants infected with HPeV were investigated retrospectively.

Methods: The presence of HPeV RNA was investigated by polymerase chain reaction in cerebrospinal fluid from 327 children aged 0 to 12 months sampled between 2014 and 2017.

Childhood stunting is highly clustered in Northern Province of Rwanda: A spatial analysis of a population-based study.

Background: In Northern Province, Rwanda, stunting is common among children aged under 5 years. However, previous studies on spatial analysis of childhood stunting in Rwanda did not assess its randomness and clustering, and none were conducted in Northern Province. We conducted a spatial-pattern analysis of childhood undernutrition to identify stunting clusters and hotspots for targeted interventions in Northern Province.

Physician's conceptions of the decision-making process when managing febrile infants ≤ 60 days old: a phenomenographic qualitative study.

Background: The management of febrile infants aged ≤ 60 days and adherence to guidelines vary greatly. Our objective was to describe the process of decision-making when managing febrile infants aged ≤ 60 days and to describe the factors that influenced this decision.

Methods: We conducted 6 focus group discussions with 19 clinically active physicians in the pediatric emergency departments of 2 university hospitals in Skåne region, Sweden.