Advancing Understandings of Child Well-Being through the Strategic Development of a National Children’s Research Programme

Hanafin, Sinéad; Brooks, Anne-Marie; Roche, Gillian; Meaney, Bairbre

doi:10.1007/s12187-012-9147-5

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“…The last three analysed articles were each theoretical in their approach. In these articles, the researchers focused on understanding where and in what ways children can be political actors (Kallio & Hakli, 2011), what the core-elements are in children's rights-based politics (Byrne & Lundy, 2019) and how national strategy has improved children's lives (Hanafin et al, 2012). Kallio and Hakli (2011) concluded in their article that children can be conceived of as political actors in everyday life.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Hanafin et al (2012) article shows how important it is to evaluate the impacts of public policies and service delivery on children after the policy planning phase. In their study, the authors deployed multidimensional and multi-methodological approaches.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…What was done here was to create an understanding of the different systems around children, identifying improvements in terms of evaluating and monitoring children's lives. Hanafin et al (2012) underline that the children´s role is essential in policy learning even though their role in policy planning remains minimal. The effects on children´s wellbeing is, nevertheless, significant, they argue.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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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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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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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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“…This was done to ensure that children are "provided with a direct platform to have their voices heard in the design, development and implementation of the study and, by doing so, to enhance the significance and relevance of the study" (Hanafin, Brooks, Roche, & Meaney, 2012). Among these are: research, explicitly reflecting the commitment to active and meaningful participation in research.…”

Section: Issues In Study Designmentioning

confidence: 99%