title: The potential contribution of emancipatory research methodologies to the field of child health.
abstract: The knowledge production of researchers interested in improving the health-care of young clients through the employment of emancipatory research methodologies may be limited by the complexity that working with young children presents to the research process. The purpose of this paper is to explore whether emancipatory research methodologies have application within the context of research with children. Critical examination of the challenges inherent in emancipatory research with children reveals that the application of aspects of these approaches presents possibilities for contributing significantly to our knowledge development for the nursing of children.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. lori-irwin@shaw.ca
authors.forename: Lori G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Irwin
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001364:Awareness; D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy; D002657:Child Development; D002669:Child Welfare; D003243:Consciousness; D019513:Feminism; D005610:Freedom; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D016743:Mental Competency; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011209:Power, Psychological; D002666:Psychology, Child; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012107:Research Design; D035844:Researcher-Subject Relations / Q000523:psychology; D012930:Social Dominance; D035862:Vulnerable Populations