Journal article
Rethinking children's public health: the development of an assets model
Critical public health, Vol.23(2), pp.146-159
2013
Abstract
It has been suggested that asset-based strategies could provide an opportunity to rethink the approach to public health; however, this may not be a viable option unless there is clear recognition of specific individual assets. Although there has been some consideration of assets within a child health context, this is limited and previous studies have not sought to identify assets from the perspective of the child. This paper reports on a study that drew on an ethnographic approach, using a photo-elicitation method, to facilitate the mapping of children’s internal and external assets from the viewpoint of children themselves. Two primary schools in the South-East of England were used to recruit 20 year five children (aged 9–11 years of age). The participants, 10 boys and 10 girls, were given disposable cameras and asked to take photographs of the activities that they enjoyed. The children’s photographs were used as prompts during individual semi-structured interviews. A constant comparative analysis facilitated the mapping of the children’s assets as the children described them; this process revealed one overall stabilising asset (‘My Family’) as well as eight internal and three external assets. All of the assets are presented within an original model, ‘I’m good’: the children’s asset wheel [CAW], which was developed from the findings. It is suggested that the CAW could complement previous asset-based work to facilitate the rethinking of approaches to the enhancement of children’s public health.
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- Title
- Rethinking children's public health: the development of an assets model
- Authors/Creators
- Lisa S. Whiting - University of HertfordshireSally Kendall - University of HertfordshireWendy Wills - University of Hertfordshire
- Publication Details
- Critical public health, Vol.23(2), pp.146-159
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 14
- Identifiers
- 991005569342607891
- Copyright
- © 2013 Taylor & Francis
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Ngangk Yira Institute for Change
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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