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Steps to Engaging Young Children in Research. Vol. 2: The Researcher Toolkit

The Researcher Toolkit encourages researchers planning to work with young children to consider not only the types of methods needed to answer different research questions, but also the context in which the methods are to be applied and the skills that will be required to use them. A collection of methods provides a number of…

Publication year: 2014
Content Type: Toolkit

Steps to Engaging Young Children in Research. Vol. 1: The Guide

This guide have been developed to support researchers to include young children in research. It does this by providing a six-step process for designing research and through systematically identifying and describing a range of methods that have been used with young children in diverse contexts around the world. For each of the steps guidance is…

Publication year: 2014
Content Type: Toolkit

Sport for Protection Toolkit: Programming with Young People in Forced Displacement Settings

The toolkit provides an overview of the theory of change for sports for Protection, focuses on three protection outcomes (social inclusion, social cohesion and psychosocial well-being), provides principles for protecting and safeguarding children and young people, and gives detailed and practical steps for planning and implementing Sport for Protection programming.

Publication year: 2018
Content Type: Toolkit

Special Issue: Child-Friendly Cities

The purpose of this special issue is to draw together strands of the conversations about evidence, policy, guidance, process and best practice; and to help practitioners, researchers and policy makers make the links between the health of the child and the health of the city. The research, ideas and case studies discussed in this special…

Publication year: 2019
Content Type: Academic paper

Social Infrastructure and the Public Life of Cities: Studying Urban Sociality and Public Spaces

Drawing on the arguments of the sociologist Eric Klinenberg, this article develops the concept of “social infrastructure” as a way to research and value these kinds of spaces. Social infrastructure helps in recognising the public dimensions of often overlooked and undervalued spaces. It draws attention to the breadth, depth, and textures of sociality that can…

Publication year: 2019
Content Type: Academic paper

Social Infrastructure and Sustainable Urban Communities

‘Mixed use’ is a solution often used to address (urban) sustainability concerns. The claim is that more compact, high density urban developments that serve a multitude of uses and users can be socially beneficial while being environmentally sound and economically viable. In the case of the Luneside East regeneration project in Lancaster, UK, ‘mixed use’…

Publication year: 2012
Content Type: Academic paper

Social Determinants of Health – A Comparative Study of Bosnian Adolescents in Different Cultural Contexts

This study investigated the effects of sociocultural contexts on health and the psychological well-being of immigrant adolescents, aged 15 to 18 years, originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina and now living as displaced persons either in Bosnia, or immigrants in Croatia and Austria. The study addresses the social determinants of health with a specific focus on…

Publication year: 2006
Content Type: Academic paper

So You Want to Involve Children in Research? A Toolkit Supporting Children’s Meaningful and Ethical Participation in Research Relating to Violence Against Children

A toolkit supporting children’s meaningful and ethical participation in research relating to violence against children. Discusses why child participation is important, how children, research and society benefit from child participation in research, ethical considerations, and provides information on how to involve children in research, methods to use, research techniques, and considerations for choosing methods.

Publication year: 2004
Content Type: Toolkit

So You Want to Consult with Children? A Toolkit of Good Practice

This toolkit is mainly aimed at governments, international agencies and NGOs who want to involve or consult with children in a meaningful way. It is designed to help create a participatory environment in which such children can express their views and take part in policy debates and discussions. It is not a detailed resource of…

Publication year: 2003
Content Type: Toolkit

Six Cultures: Studies of Child Rearing

This book draws on research conducted in the USA, the Philippines, Mexico, Japan, India and Kenya, to see how child rearing differs in different cultural contexts. One finding is that the way in which parents engage with their children during play differs across cultures.

Publication year: 1963
Content Type: Book

Shaping Urbanization for Children: A Handbook on Child-Responsive Urban Planning

Shaping urbanization for children, a handbook on child-responsive urban planning, presents concepts, evidence and technical strategies to bring children to the foreground of urban planning. By focusing on children, this publication provides guidance on the central role that urban planning should play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), from a global perspective to a…

Publication year: 2018
Content Type: Toolkit

Sen’s Capability Approach: Children and Well-Being Explored Through the Use of Photography

This book chapter explores the utility of Sen’s capability approach with primary school children in the UK. Photo-voice is used as a participatory approach using photographs to elicit discussions around the photographic stimulus. It is employed with children to engage with them and to capture alternative creative framings of wellbeing and capabilities.

Publication year: 2011
Content Type: Book

Screening for Traumatic Exposure and Psychological Distress Among War-Affected Adolescents in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda

The war in northern Uganda has had a debilitating effect on the mental health of children and adolescents in the population. This study measures the prevalence and considers the aetiology of psychological distress in war affected adolescents 4 years after the end of the conflict. This is a cross-sectional study of 205 adolescents, aged 12–19,…

Publication year: 2012
Content Type: Academic paper

Sanctuary in The City? Urban Displacement and Vulnerability Final Report

While a number of studies in recent years have sought to analyse urban livelihoods and governance, little is known about how displaced people negotiate their way in the urban environment, their relationships with host communities and governance institutions and their specific vulnerabilities as compared with other urban residents. Likewise, there is poor documentation and analysis…

Publication year: 2013
Content Type: Report

Routledge International Handbook of Participatory Design

Participatory design is about the direct involvement of people in the co-design of the technologies they use. Its central concern is how collaborative design processes can be driven by the participation of the people affected by the technology designed. Embracing a diverse collection of principles and practices aimed at making technologies, tools, environments, businesses, and…

Publication year: 2013
Content Type: Book

Risk and Resilience for Psychological Distress Amongst Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Adolescents

This paper aims to investigate the level of posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms, and background risk and protective factors that might increase or ameliorate this distress amongst unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and adolescents (UASC). Cross-sectional survey carried out in London. Participants were 78 UASC aged 13–18 years, predominantly from the Balkans and Africa, compared with 35…

Publication year: 2008
Content Type: Academic paper

Resurrecting Free Play in Young Children: Looking Beyond Fitness and Fatness to Attention, Affiliation, and Affect

The aim of this paper is to demonstrate why play, and particularly active, unstructured, outdoor play, needs to be restored in children’s lives. We propose that efforts to increase physical activity in young children might be more successful if physical activity is promoted using different language—encouraging play—and if a different set of outcomes are emphasized—aspects…

Publication year: 2005
Content Type: Academic paper

Restoring Playfulness: Different Approaches to Assisting Children Who Are Psychologically Affected by War and Displacement

This book is divided into two parts. The first part provides an overview of key themes and issues related to refugee children including their experiences, the importance of culture, play, parenting and school for their recovery, the need for timely intervention and strategies to achieve maximum impact. The second part presents seven case studies conducted…

Publication year: 1996
Content Type: Book

Restorative Experience, Self-Regulation, and Children’s Place Preferences

We examined the role of restorative experience and self-regulation in the formation of place preferences by Finnish children. Girls and boys aged 8-9 or 12-13 and living in downtown Tampere or Helsinki answered open- and closed-ended questions in a structured interview. One or both parents completed a questionnaire. We did not find statistically significant associations…

Publication year: 2002
Content Type: Academic paper

Responding to Protracted Refugee Situations Lessons from a Decade of Discussion

This RSC Policy Briefing analyses the impact of protracted displacement on the human rights and access to livelihoods of millions of people and examine how protracted displacement situations accentuate the risk of chronic regional insecurity, fragility and conflict spill over. Through tracing the history of international responses to protracted refugee situations (PRS), the brief examine…

Publication year: 2011
Content Type: Report

Re-Imagining Participatory Design: Reflecting on the ASF-UK Change by Design Methodology

This article aims to reflect on the ASF-UK Change by Design methodology in participatory informal settlement upgrading, positioning it within ongoing debates about the conceptualization and practice of participatory design. The first part of this article draws on key literature exploring the relationship between participation and architecture and participation and design to identify the trends…

Publication year: 2016
Content Type: Academic paper

Regional Action Plan for the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean 2016-2036

The Regional Action Plan for the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean (RAP) seeks to be the regional expression of the New Urban Agenda (NUA). It promotes evidence-based policy making, setting out potential actions and interventions as well as relevant and priority policy guidance for all Latin American and…

Publication year: 2018
Content Type: Report

Refugees and the City: The Twenty-First-Century Front Line

This report assesses the characteristics of urban displacement and identifies challenges and opportunities confronting cities. In the process, it challenges myths associated with the “refugee burden” in cities, offering preliminary recommendations for stepping up international, national and municipal cooperation.

Publication year: 2018
Content Type: Report

Refugee Education in Urban Settings

An Urban Refugee Task Team webinar led by UNHCR Education teams in Nairobi and Geneva, discussing the role of education in urban settings. It uses Nairobi as a case study, providing good practices, lessons learned and challenges plus general recommendations for programming focusing on mainstreaming and inclusion, partnerships and community participation.

Publication year: 2014
Content Type: Other document

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