Exploring the health and well-being of refugee and asylum seeking children.
The constructs from the Children's Society's well-being framework were used to develop innovative, child-friendly research methods that explore well-being among vulnerable groups of children, such as asylum seeking and refugee children. The study explored key factors that hinder and promote well-being as well as ways to improve well-being via participatory action research (PAR). The findings suggest that young refugees face many challenges negotiating a new life in their adopted country but they are also resilient and determined to improve their lives. The methods piloted in this study have the potential to enhance the 'child-centredness' of research with at-risk children and adolescents.
McCarthy
Catherine
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City University, Northampton Square, London, UK. catherine.mccarthy.1@city.ac.uk
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David F
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult