A description of 5- to 12-year old children's conception of health within the context of their daily life

Normandeau, Sylvie; Wins, Ilze; Jutras, Sylvie; Hanigan, Doris

doi:10.1080/08870449808407438

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“…In the present study, children's definitions of health concentrated on adherence to healthy practices (e.g., hygiene and doing sports), positive feelings (e.g., a sense of well-being), and functionality (e.g., going to school), and these results are consistent with previous research (Daigle, Hebert, & Humphries, 2007;Lima & Lemos, 2011;Normandeau, Kalnins, Jutras, & Hanigan, 1998). Children's definitions of illness focused on the presence of health problems or symptoms, compromise of functionality, and negative feelings, and these results also support previous findings (Lima & Lemos, 2011;Schmidt & Fröhling, 2000).…”

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confidence: 82%

The Importance of the Instructions in the Use of Draw-and-Write Techniques for Understanding Children’s Health and Illness Concepts

Lima¹,

Lemos²

2014

Psychol. Community Health

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Aim: The present study aims to test whether different instructions, when using draw-and-write data collection techniques, can be especially suited for understanding specific aspects of children's conceptions about health and illness. Method: This is a mixed-method study and participants were 209 schoolchildren, aged 10 to 12 years, who were asked to draw-and-write following one of two different instructions (A or B) that were related to the concepts of health and illness. Texts were examined through content analysis based on a previously validated coding system (inter-rater agreement of 93%). Results: Findings suggest that the instruction "what does it mean to you to be sick and what does it mean to you to be healthy?" allows a more direct access to experiences and feelings, and that the instruction "draw and write about what a sick person is and what a healthy person is" is more adequate to elicit children's knowledge and perceptions. Conclusion:The study suggests that to elicit children's concepts of health and illness, relevant for health education and health promotion interventions, the draw-and-write instructions should be phrased in impersonal general terms. In contrast, for clinical interventions, the instruction should be targeted to the child's direct experience of being ill.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

The Importance of the Instructions in the Use of Draw-and-Write Techniques for Understanding Children’s Health and Illness Concepts

Lima¹,

Lemos²

2014

Psychol. Community Health

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“…Only recently has the interaction of elements of the two domains been addressed with children and the picture is still far from being complete (Normandeau et al, 1998;Notaro et al, 2001Notaro et al, , 2002Ryff & Singer, 1998;Schmidt & Fröhling, . The present study offers some clues on children's spontaneous reflection on this issue by observing coexistence of different domain states in the same narrative.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Few studies have investigated whether the physical dimension is as critical for wellbeing as it is for suffering in children's perception (Normandeau, Kalnins, Jutras, & Hanigan, 1998;Schmidt & Fröhling, 2000). Characterization of wellbeing in terms of physical events may be less relevant for children: Such events are not commonly typified in terms of symptoms as it is for suffering, they are subjectively less perceivable, and do not constitute momentous experiences in everyday life.…”

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confidence: 99%

Personal narratives about states of suffering and wellbeing: Children's conceptualization in terms of physical and psychological domain

Gobbo

Raccanello

2010

Appl. Cognit. Psychol.

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The aim was to investigate how children conceptualize personal events of positive and negative valences pertaining to the physical and psychological domains. Five- to 9-year-olds narrated events referring to suffering states (Study 1, n¼112) and to suffering and wellbeing states (Study 2, n¼118). Analysis of the narratives revealed differences between the two states, with higher focus on events pertaining to a physical domain for suffering and to psychological domain for wellbeing; however, older children were more oriented toward psychological than physical events for both valences. Children showed higher tendency to produce causes compared to consequences, with\ud younger children finding it difficult to introduce physical causes. Psychological suffering narratives revealed a richer sychological lexicon and more instances of domain coexistence. Asymmetry in the representation of different state valences and domains indicates multifaceted and developing conceptualization. Copyright # 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

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“…They have shown children's perceptions to be more concrete, egocentric and less abstract than adult's perceptions [10]. A Piagetian perspective of child development has often been applied in these studies [1,3,4,8,9,14,15], stating that children's perception and understanding of the health concept differs dependent on developmental level. With maturation, children gradually form more differentiated concepts.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To clarify how children's perceptions of the health concept expands with increasing age, Normandeau et al [15] interviewed children 5-12 years of age in their every-day natural situations. The design of the questions took the perspective of children's personal experiences and the aim was to obtain complete, dynamic and multi-dimensional descriptions of children's perceptions of health.…”

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confidence: 99%

‘I can play!’ Young children's perceptions of health

Almqvist

Hellnäs

Stefansson

et al. 2006

Pediatric Rehabilitation

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Health is today viewed as a multi-dimensional concept partly conceptualized independent from not being ill. The aim of this study was to gain knowledge of how young children perceive health. Interviews were conducted with 68 children (4-5 years), within their pre-school setting, with the help of a semi-structured interview guide. A multi-dimensional perspective represented by the health dimensions of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) was used in a manifest deductive content analysis. The children's statements were categorized and placed under one of the four health dimensions, body, activity, participation and environment. A latent content analysis was applied to identify underlying themes in the manifest categories. The results revealed that young children perceive health as a multi-dimensional construct, largely related to being engaged, i.e. to be able to perform wanted activities and participate in a supportive every-day context. This implies that improvements of child engagement should be emphasized in health promotion and to a greater extent be the central focus of health interventions for young children.

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A description of 5- to 12-year old children's conception of health within the context of their daily life

Cited by 35 publications

References 22 publications

The Importance of the Instructions in the Use of Draw-and-Write Techniques for Understanding Children’s Health and Illness Concepts

The Importance of the Instructions in the Use of Draw-and-Write Techniques for Understanding Children’s Health and Illness Concepts

Personal narratives about states of suffering and wellbeing: Children's conceptualization in terms of physical and psychological domain

‘I can play!’ Young children's perceptions of health

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