The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to an unprecedented change in healthcare systems, including the swift roll-out of technology-enabled care services, such as remote consultations. Interventions such as nutrition assessments for children are likely to continue to be conducted remotely as part of an online consultation. This article considers nutrition screening and nutritional assessment in children in acute and primary care settings. The article also provides an overview of the development of the Paediatric Remote Malnutrition Application (Pedi-R-MAPP), designed to assist healthcare professionals to undertake a standardised, nutrition-focused assessment via remote consultation and/or in primary care settings. The aim of the Pedi-R-MAPP is to help identify children with declining nutritional status or new nutritional concerns and to recommend frequency of review based on the outcomes of the assessment.

Nursing Children and Young People. doi: 10.7748/ncyp.2024.e1518

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luise.marino@swyt.nhs.uk

Conflict of interest

Luise Marino has received honorarium to give educational lectures for Abbott Laboratories, Danone and Nestle, who had no role in role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results. Luise Marino also reports the development of Pedi-R-MAPP was supported by an unrestricted grant from Abbott Laboratories, who had no role in role in the design of the study; data collection, analyses, or interpretation of data or writing of the manuscript the idea of which was developed by Weber Shandwick

Marino LV (2024) Development of a structured, digital nutrition awareness tool, the Pedi R-MAPP. Nursing Children and Young People. doi: 10.7748/ncyp.2024.e1518

Published online: 23 September 2024