Transitions to Active Citizenship for young persons with disabilities

Halvorsen, Rune; Bøhler, Kjetil Klette

doi:10.4324/9781315623924-11

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“…She felt that a disability pension would relieve her of the pointless 'work training', as well as enable her to find part-time jobs that would fit in with her disabilityrelated health issues. Astrid's story illustrates how cultural and institutional conversion factors worked in tandem and negatively contributed to her sense of capability (Halvorsen and Bøhler, 2017;Hvinden and Halvorsen, 2017). She perceived cultural conversion factors as discrimination because her disability damaged her ability to find permanent work.…”

Section: Disability Discriminationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Four narratives of overcoming early job insecurity in Europe: a capability approach

Bøhler¹,

Krasteva²,

O’Reilly³

et al. 2019

Negotiating Early Job Insecurity

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Section: Disability Discriminationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Four narratives of overcoming early job insecurity in Europe: a capability approach

Bøhler¹,

Krasteva²,

O’Reilly³

et al. 2019

Negotiating Early Job Insecurity

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“…For example, Housing First approaches, which advocate for housing as a human right, have been found to assist youth with mental health problems in achieving housing stability (Kozloff et al , 2016). Researchers have noted the importance of programs such as vocational rehabilitation to assist youth with mental health concerns in obtaining meaningful work (Halvorsen and Bøhler, 2017).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Making the case for citizenship-oriented mental healthcare for youth in Canada

Jordan

Mutschler

Kidd

et al. 2023

JPMH

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Purpose Varying stakeholders have highlighted how recovery-oriented mental health services such as youth mental health services have traditionally focused on supporting individual resources to promote recovery (e.g., agency) to the exclusion of addressing structural issues that influence recovery (e.g. poverty). One response to this criticism has been work helping people with mental health problems recover a sense of citizenship and sense of belonging in their communities. Work on citizenship has yet to influence youth mental healthcare in Canada’s provinces and territories. This paper aims to highlight ways that youth mental healthcare can better help youth recover a sense of citizenship. Design/methodology/approach The arguments described in this paper were established through discussion and consensus among authors based on clinical experience in youth mental health and an understanding of Canada’s healthcare policy landscape, including current best practices as well as guidelines for recovery-oriented care by the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Findings Here, this study proposes several recommendations that can help young with mental health problems recover their sense of citizenship at the social, systems and service levels. These include addressing the social determinants of health; developing a citizenship-based system of care; addressing identity-related disparities; employing youth community health workers within services; adapting and delivering citizenship-based interventions; and connecting youth in care to civic-oriented organizations. Originality/value This paper provides the first discussion of how the concept of citizenship can be applied to youth mental health in Canada in multiple ways. The authors hope that this work provides momentum for adopting policies and practices that can help youth in Canada recover a sense of citizenship following a mental health crisis.

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‘Struggling to participate in everyday life’: emerging adults’ experiences of living with long-term health challenges

Rasalingam

Brekke

Stenberg³

et al. 2023

BMC Public Health

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Aim To gain a deeper understanding of the experiences of participation in the everyday life of emerging adults living with long-term health challenges and how this influences their own quality of life. Methods Using an explorative study design, data were collected through in-depth interviews with a sample of 12 young people aged 18–29 years living with long-term health challenges in Norway. Findings The analysis identified one overarching theme of struggling to participate in everyday life, and four subthemes: the notion of being independent but also dependent, experiencing mismatch between needs and support, experiencing deprivation of spontaneity and feeling uncertain about the future. The emerging adults experienced difficulties with participation in key areas of life such as education, employment and leisure activities. Associated symptoms of their diagnosis, limited physical abilities and lack of sufficient support made it hard to participate in everyday life the way they aspired to. Conclusion The challenges of living with a long-term health challenge as an emerging adult contributed to limitations in participation in different areas of life that was perceived as important for their quality of life.

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Transitions to Active Citizenship for young persons with disabilities

Cited by 4 publications

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Four narratives of overcoming early job insecurity in Europe: a capability approach

Four narratives of overcoming early job insecurity in Europe: a capability approach

Making the case for citizenship-oriented mental healthcare for youth in Canada

‘Struggling to participate in everyday life’: emerging adults’ experiences of living with long-term health challenges

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