Embodying Health Identities

The embodied spaces of children with complex care needs: Effects on the social realities and power negotiations of families

“…This illustrates the strong spatial connection between the children and their family carers, as well as the relational and didactic nature of the embodied space as a place where signs are sought and interpreted (Dorn and Laws, 1994;James and Hockey, 2007;Monaghan and Gabe, 2016). Navigating the challenges and learning how to respond to the needs of a child with CCN are a large part of being a carer.…”

“…Hall (2000) continued the discussion around the geography of health and impairment, stating that "the body has been conspicuous in its absence" and "that a central part of any reform of health geography must be a critical assessment of [the position that the body is simply a site that can be invaded by disease], accompanied by a rethinking of the body as a focus of representations, identity and politics" (p. 21). In this sense the body can be considered to be existentially tangible and a part of the contingencies of the social world (James and Hockey, 2007;Monaghan and Gabe, 2016). Rose's (1993) contemplations on time and space contributed to understanding how viewing the body as a container is based on limited assumptions that people (inclusive of the body) are defined by distinct 'insides' and 'outsides'.…”

Critical Health Literacy in 3D

“…If the observation that health literacy and health outcomes are inter-related (DeWalt and Pignone, 2005;Paasche-Orlow and Wolf, 2007), the health literacy needs of children and youth are worthy of attention. This has substantial implications for not only how youth view themselves and their relationship with their organic body but also the shaping of how others "see" them (James and Hockey, 2007).…”

“…While these are not inappropriate intentions per se, the issue is more about the ethics and efficacy of such programs. The model of healthy lifestyles and activities provided in classrooms may not connect with the lived reality of student lives (Kelly et al, 2008) and the impact of the social environment including the impact of unequal distribution of material wealth (James and Hockey, 2007), and requires action beyond the individual (Wilkinson and Marmot, 2003;Chinn, 2011;Sykes et al, 2013). Where youth have little motivation to Based on Green (2012a) and Kelly et al (2008).…”

Doing ‘technological time’ in a pediatric hemodialysis unit: An ethnography of children

“…James and Hockey (2007) and Prout (2000Prout ( , 2005 demonstrate that in childhood places of discipline and control, such as schools and hospitals, children interact within the opportunities and limits of the institutional and social processes. In the unit, forms of agency and resistance were expressed, for example, Emily and Chandra were persistent in requests to the nurse to alter the physical arrangement of their station in order to play together.…”