Children’s agency in the family, in school and in society: implications for health and well-being

Sorbring, Emma; Kuczynski, Leon

doi:10.1080/17482631.2019.1634414

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“…58 Moreover, adolescents become important health agents when divulging to their families what they learned at school. 59 According to the 2018 school census conducted by the Brazilian Ministry of Education, there are approximately 48.5 million students; of which 7.7 million are enrolled in high school. 60 Considering that all these high school students use textbooks to learn, it is estimated that there are approximately 7.7 million potential "education agents" disseminating the correct or incorrect contents of these textbooks.…”

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Exercise Science in High School Biology Textbooks

Viana

Morais

Vancini

et al. 2022

Rev Bras Med Esporte

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The content of high school textbooks related to physical activity and exercise is of utmost importance because physical activity and exercise are considered important tools in maintaining and improving health. Our objective was to analyze the presence and quality of exercise science content in high school biology textbooks approved by the National Textbook Plan. A guiding document was developed to enable the analysis of the textbooks. The topics investigated were: I) the extent of content related to exercise science; II) misconceptions about exercise science; III) health benefits attributed to exercise. The academic qualifications of the textbook authors were also analyzed. All analyzed textbooks (n = 9) featured some degree of exercise science content. In addition, ~67% of textbooks analyzed had at least one misconception regarding exercise science, the most common being related to biochemistry and muscle physiology. Also, 93.8% of the authors had undergraduate degrees in biological sciences; 43.8% had doctoral degrees. In conclusion, all high school biology textbooks presented content related to exercise science; however, most of them presented at least one misconception regarding exercise science. Thus, we suggest that the Brazilian National Textbook Plan should improve the criteria for analyzing biology textbooks. Level of Evidence III; Economic and decision analyses - Development of an economic or decision model.

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Exercise Science in High School Biology Textbooks

Viana

Morais

Vancini

et al. 2022

Rev Bras Med Esporte

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“…Within the current study, the stress associated with a loss of connection with their culture of origin was derived from WoRB’s concerns surrounding their children losing a connection with their culture of origin as they acculturated to the Australian culture. Children’s agency has been identified as having significant impacts on well-being during resettlement in refugee families [ 53 ], with the parent–child relationship being interdependent and bio-directional in nature [ 54 ]. Research has identified that concerns for their children is often a key factor influencing a parents decision to leave their country of origin, thus experiencing unexpected or unwanted migration outcomes, such as conflict with their children due to new parenting norms, can result in an increase in stress and have negative consequences on their health and well-being [ 54 ].…”

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Resettlement Stressors for Women of Refugee Background Resettled in Regional Australia

Hawkes

Norris

Joyce

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Women of Refugee Background (WoRB) have been repeatedly identified as an extremely vulnerable population. Within an Australian context, WoRB are increasingly resettled to non-metropolitan locations, otherwise known as regional locations. Despite this, to date, no research has focused on the lived experience and challenges associated with the resettlement of WoRB to regional contexts. This study aimed to address this gap in the literature by investigating the resettlement experience of WoRB resettled in Tasmania—a state in Australia classified as a rural and regional location. Qualitative interviews were conducted with a group of 21 individuals (nine WoRB and 12 service providers). Thematic analysis identified four overarching themes—Communication Barriers and Lack of Fluency in English, Challenges Accessing Everyday Basic Needs, Loss of Connection to Culture of Origin and Inability to Access Mainstream Mental Health Services for Help. Participants also highlighted a number of unique gender-related vulnerabilities experienced during resettlement, which were exacerbated in regional locations due to health services being overstretched and under-resourced. Results of the current study are discussed in regard to policy and practical implications, taking into consideration the unique vulnerabilities experienced by WoRB, which, to date, are often overlooked.

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“…For example, other pre-pandemic literature documented the active contributions of children in the spheres of family, community, the economy, and inter-generational relationships (Abebe, 2019, in African countries;Esser et al, 2017, in Germany;Spittler and Bourdillon, 2012, in African countries). This work argued that young people are not passive victims of circumstance; instead, they possess "agency" in contributing to their own well-being and to that of their families, even in adverse or disadvantaged situations (Sorbring and Kuczynski, 2018). Whilst academic debates, rehearsed elsewhere, concerning the concept of young people's agency (Esser et al, 2017;Spyrou, 2018;Abebe, 2019), seek to understand children's agency in terms of context, structure, relationships and interdependence, in this paper the term is used to refer simply to young people's own embodied sense of empowerment as social actors.…”

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Growing Up Under COVID-19: Young People’s Agency in Family Dynamics

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The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the nature of family life in countries across the world. School, and workplace closures meant that families spent more time at home and had to confront new economic, social, and psychological challenges as a result of lockdowns and the greater proximity of family members. Policy, research and media coverage of the pandemic’s impact on family life has focused primarily on the economic costs borne by households. This article draws on the findings from an empirical research project funded by the UK Nuffield Foundation on “Politics, Participation and Pandemics: Growing up under COVID-19”, which worked with young people as co-researchers, to present an innovative perspective on the impact of lockdown on family relationships. The research team adopted a longitudinal ethnographic action research approach to document and make sense of the experiences of young people (aged 14–18) in four countries: Italy, Lebanon Singapore and the United Kingdom. The project used digital ethnography and participatory methods to track the responses of 70 young people to the challenges created by the pandemic. The study used the family as a prism for understanding how the lives of children and young people in different family circumstances and relationships were affected by the crisis. This article analyses, firstly, the complex shifting dynamics within households to identify the transformative effects of the pandemic on family life in various socio-cultural contexts. Secondly, it examines how young people’s agency shaped family dynamics. In conclusion, the authors recommend how the findings from the study can be used to inform government interventions designed to minimise the impacts of the pandemic on the social well-being and rights of children and young people, and to recognise them as active participants in family and civic life both during and after the pandemic

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Children’s agency in the family, in school and in society: implications for health and well-being

Cited by 17 publications

References 14 publications

Exercise Science in High School Biology Textbooks

Exercise Science in High School Biology Textbooks

Resettlement Stressors for Women of Refugee Background Resettled in Regional Australia

Growing Up Under COVID-19: Young People’s Agency in Family Dynamics

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