Rights of children and young people in health care

White, Les

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“…encompasses not just the right to participation but the right to be engaged, heard and taken seriously (White, 2020). This requires the consideration of four individual elements: space, voice, audience and influence (Lundy, 2007).…”

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“…To date, current literature focuses on the topic of children's participation in healthcare decision‐making. While participation in decision‐making is of great importance, Article 12 encompasses not just the right to participation but the right to be engaged, heard and taken seriously (White, 2020). This requires the consideration of four individual elements: space, voice, audience and influence (Lundy, 2007).…”

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Children's and young people's experiences of expressing their views and having them heard in health care: A deductive qualitative content analysis

Davies,

Waters,

Fraser

2023

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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AimTo gain an understanding of children's experiences of expressing their views and having them heard in Australian healthcare settings.DesignChild‐centred qualitative research. A deductive qualitative content analysis was undertaken.MethodsData were collected from 20 Australian children and young people between the ages of 7 and 18 years old using the ‘draw, write and tell’ method.ResultsChildren's experiences of ‘space’ and ‘voice’, and therefore the opportunity to express their views in health care were, in the main, positive. At the same time, their experiences of ‘audience’ and ‘influence’, the situations in which those views are given due weight, were overwhelmingly described as negative.ConclusionAustralian paediatric health services appear to have responded to calls to provide children with the opportunity to express their views and thus are delivering on the elements of ‘space’ and ‘voice’, whereas the realisation of ‘audience’ and ‘influence’ has some way to go. Due weight is not always given to children's views.Implications for the Profession and/or Patient CareThe Lundy model can be used to facilitate a better understanding of the concept of voice, and the responsibility of health organisations in implementing the rights of children and young people, as articulated in Article 12.Impact Children and young people have a right to express their views and have them heard in health care, but their experiences in Australian health care are unknown. While children's experiences of expressing their views in health care were mostly positive, their views are not always taken seriously or given due weight. This research impacts child health professionals in Australia and internationally. Reporting MethodThe study is reported using the Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR).Patient or Public ContributionMembers of the Youth Advisory Council of two tertiary children's hospitals were consulted and invited to become members of the research team.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Children's and young people's experiences of expressing their views and having them heard in health care: A deductive qualitative content analysis

Davies,

Waters,

Fraser

2023

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…To this end, this paper adopts the concept of participation from Heinelt et al (2002), who argue that participation in governing activities is not only a matter of being indirectly involved in governmental affairs (by voting, representation etc.,) but also through extended engagement in forms of policy making. The CRC's article 12, referencing various recommendations, statements and regulations shows how children should be involved but the existing research and empirical literature provides little evidence to indicate how this has been done (e.g., White, 2020). There are also models and operationalisations of participation, one of the best known is "The Lundy Model", which was originally developed to clarify varying obligations related to participation (e.g., Kennan et al, 2021) and which divides participation into five dimensions; safe space, a voice, an audience, influence and impact (Lundy, 2010).…”

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Is there a place for children in the making of public policy? Insights from the research evidence

Stenvall¹,

Kurki

Virtanen

2023

J Child Edu Soc

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Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child stipulates that children have a right to express their views with this article being one of the most frequently cited principles in the convention. This scoping review summarises the existing research evidence on how children participate in the making of public policy. This paper concludes that a plethora of practical guidelines and gray literature are available addressing children as policy-making partners, but the empirical research around the subject is very rare. Children’s participation should be planned prior to any planned public policy reforms – and to be supported by appropriate academic research integrated into the different stages of the policymaking processes. If policymakers are willing to develop mechanisms for children’s participation in the policy cycle, children’s role and agency will be clarified. It seems that there is a need for new sensemaking in terms of how adults treat the value of children´s participation and how to include children in the policymaking process around the subjects that matter to them. Participatory practices should be co-created with children, not for them.

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Implementing Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in health care: a scoping review

Davies

Waters²,

Fraser³

2022

IJHRH

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a scoping review on the implementation of Article12 in health care. The scoping review will provide a summary and overview of the key concepts and published literature on this topic internationally. Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) states that children have a right to express their views, to have them heard and for their views to be given due weight in all matters that affect them. Despite increased calls for Article 12 to be given attention in health care, there is little evidence to suggest this has been well implemented and embedded in Australian health-care delivery. The scoping review was undertaken to provide a summary and overview of the key concepts and published literature on this topic internationally. Design/methodology/approach A five-step methodological framework described by Arksey and O’Malley (2005) was used to undertake the scoping review. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis was used as a guideline for undertaking the study selection. Findings Children are still not routinely involved in health-care decision-making, are frequently left out of service planning and evaluation and the perception that they lack the capability to make rational decisions persists. Originality/value While there has been a focus on research that investigates children’s participation in health-care decision-making in recent years, there is little that directs attention specifically to the implementation of Article 12, particularly in Australian health care. Recommendations are made for further research in these areas.

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Rights of children and young people in health care

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Children's and young people's experiences of expressing their views and having them heard in health care: A deductive qualitative content analysis

Children's and young people's experiences of expressing their views and having them heard in health care: A deductive qualitative content analysis

Is there a place for children in the making of public policy? Insights from the research evidence

Implementing Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in health care: a scoping review

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