Empowerment of Children and Youth for Consumer Self-Care

Igoe, Judith B.

doi:10.4278/0890-1171-6.1.55

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“…In terms of child development, there is a growing body of research which demonstrates positive outcomes associated with empowering children’s voices (Skipper & Leonard 1968, Visintainer & Wolfer 1975, Lewis & Lewis 1982, Reissland 1983, Alderson 1990, 1999, Igoe 1991). These benefits involve personal gains in the form of social and cognitive development as well as contributions to many sectors of society (Youniss et al.…”

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Paediatric pandemic planning: children’s perspectives and recommendations

Koller

Nicholas

Gearing

et al. 2010

Health &Amp; Social Care in the Community

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Children, as major stakeholders in paediatric hospitals, have remained absent from discussions on important healthcare issues. One critical area where children's voices have been minimised is in the planning for future pandemics. This paper presents a subset of data from a programme of research which examined various stakeholder experiences of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreaks of 2003. These data also generated recommendations for future pandemic planning. Specifically, this paper will examine the perspectives and recommendations of children hospitalised during SARS in a large paediatric hospital in Canada. Twenty-one (n = 21) child and adolescent participants were interviewed from a variety of medical areas including cardiac (n = 2), critical care (n = 2), organ transplant (n = 4), respiratory medicine (n = 8) and infectious diseases (patients diagnosed with suspected or probable SARS; n = 5). Data analyses exposed a range of children's experiences associated with the outbreaks as well as recommendations for future pandemic planning. Key recommendations included specific policies and guidelines concerning psychosocial care, infection control, communication strategies and the management of various resources. This paper is guided by a conceptual framework comprised of theories from child development and literature on children's rights. The authors call for greater youth participation in healthcare decision-making and pandemic planning.

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Paediatric pandemic planning: children’s perspectives and recommendations

Koller

Nicholas

Gearing

et al. 2010

Health &Amp; Social Care in the Community

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“…Unfortunately, very little has been said and done to empower children themselves to take action on issues affecting their health and wellness. Some initiatives to empower children to take control of some aspects of their life in general and health in particular show positive effects (Igoe, 1991;Lewis and Lewis, 1990;Warren, 1993). We wish we could report more on manifest efforts to promote power and control in children, but the literature is very sparse in this respect.…”

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confidence: 99%

The role of power and control in children's lives: an ecological analysis of pathways toward wellness, resilience and problems

Prilleltensky

Nelson

Peirson

2001

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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The literature on powerlessness, empowerment and control tends to be adult-centric and psychocentric. It is adult-centric in that most studies deal with the experience of powerlessness in adults or interpret children's realities from an adult point of view. At the same time, the literature is quite psycho-centric in that it focuses on the emotional and cognitive dimensions of powerlessness, to the relative neglect of social and political power. The purpose of this article is to redress these biases and elucidate the role of power and control in pathways toward health, resilience and problems in children's lives. We de®ne wellness as a satisfactory state of affairs, brought about by the acquisition and development of material and psychological resources, participation and selfdetermination, competence and self-ef®cacy. Power and control are de®ned as opportunities afforded by social, community, and family environments to develop these three dimensions of health and wellness. We highlight basic research which describes pathways toward wellness, resilience, and problems in life, as well as applied research on promising interventions to improve children's health and wellness. This literature is interpreted in terms of our conceptual framework that links power/control and wellness through the three dimensions that we have proposed.

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“…Moreover, concern about loss of control, and feelings of dependence have all been reported by hospitalized children as potentially stressful and of particular significance for hospitalized adolescents (May & Sparks 1983, Reissland 1983, Stevens 1986, Bossert 1994, Thompson 1994, Gusella et al 1998, Coyne 2003. There is a growing body of research, which demonstrates positive benefits to empowering children and adolescents in their own healthcare (Skipper & Leonard 1968, Visintainer & Wolfer 1975, Lewis & Lewis 1982, Reissland 1983, Alderson 1990, Igoe 1991. Some of the seminal pieces of research conducted over 30 years ago, reported that when children acquire knowledge about their condition and are more involved in their care, they are more willing to co-operate with treatment and endure painful treatments more patiently, appear less upset and recover better (Skipper & Leonard 1968, Visintainer & Wolfer 1975, Reissland 1983.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%