title: Using puppetry to elicit children's talk for research.
abstract: Although puppets have been employed by various disciplines in clinical and community (e.g. homes and schools) environments, little has been written about their use as a communication tool in research. In this article, a critical review of the literature is undertaken integrating the use of puppets in a qualitative research study exploring children's perspectives on and responses to a camp for children with cancer. Methodological considerations and ethical issues of using puppets as a data collection technique are discussed. Although some limitations exist, using puppets in interviews with children appear to help them to identify, clarify and verbalize their feelings.
authors.affiliation: George Brown College, ON, Canada. iris.epstein@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: Iris
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Epstein
authors.forename: Bonnie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McKeever
authors.forename: Sylvain
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baruchel
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology; D003142:Communication; D003625:Data Collection / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods*; D010989:Play Therapy; D010988:Play and Playthings / Q000523:psychology*; D002666:Psychology, Child; D036301:Qualitative Research; D035844:Researcher-Subject Relations / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology