‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’?: Mothers, Children and Health Care at Home

Children as Peer Researchers: Reflections on a Journey of Mutual Discovery

“…Third, that an ethnographic approach to social research is more compatible with a child‐centred perspective than traditional positivistic research frameworks. Together, these assumptions have informed the ‘transition towards recognising children as “knowers”— able to generate knowledge as well as being the recipients of knowledge, or being the objects of knowledge’ (Foley, 2001: 99–100).…”

Young people act as consultants in child-directed research: an action research study in Iceland

“…2 appears to be consistent with the principles of childcentred practice, which ensures that the child is always kept in focus (Horwath 2001). However, the indications from analysis of the data were that, when practice was directed by adult assumptions of what children need, it failed to counteract processes that positioned children as problems and as passive rather than active participants in practice (Foley 2001;Roy et al 2002). The young people in the consultation group agreed that this was consistent with some of their experiences, although they also felt that it was better to be at the centre of adult concerns than to be ignored altogether.…”

“…2 appears to be consistent with the principles of child‐centred practice, which ensures that the child is always kept in focus (Horwath 2001). However, the indications from analysis of the data were that, when practice was directed by adult assumptions of what children need, it failed to counteract processes that positioned children as problems and as passive rather than active participants in practice (Foley 2001; Roy et al . 2002).…”

Children, health and gender: recognition in nursing research?

“…This impending consciousness is reflected in the language of recent policy documents within welfare and health fields such as Child Poverty in Perspective (UNICEF 2007a) and the National Service Framework (NSF) for Children (Department of Health 2004). It is progressively acknowledged that children are co‐constructors in relation to maintaining and understanding health, although children have traditionally been silenced and bypassed in decision making by parents, teachers and clinicians (Foley 2001, Mayall 2002). However, more critical and detailed analysis of policy documents exposes a covert agenda, which suggests policy is often not about improving the quality of children’s lives in the ‘here and now’, but is more concerned with the notion of children as investments and the future production of independent and economically productive adults (Green 2004).…”