scholarly journals Challenging Barriers to Participation: Doing Research with Migrant Children and Young People

2017 ◽  
pp. 135-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Sime
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Migrant Children ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Barriers To Participation

scholarly journals Perceived barriers to care for migrant children and young people with mental health problems and/or neurodevelopmental differences in high-income countries: a meta-ethnography

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. e045923
Author(s):  
Vanessa Place ◽  
Benjamin Nabb ◽  
Ester Gubi ◽  
Karima Assel ◽  
Johan Åhlén ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Barriers To Care ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
High Income ◽  
Migrant Children ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Qualitative Evidence Synthesis ◽  
Children And Young People

ObjectivesTo develop conceptual understanding of perceived barriers to seeking care for migrant children and young people (aged 0–25 years) with mental health problems and/or neurodevelopmental differences in high-income countries.DesignQualitative evidence synthesis using meta-ethnography methodology. We searched four electronic databases (Medline, PsycINFO, Global Health and Web of Science) from inception to July 2019 for qualitative studies exploring barriers to care (as perceived by migrant communities and service providers) for migrant children and young people in high-income countries with neurodevelopmental differences and/or mental health problems. The quality of included studies was explored systematically using a quality assessment tool.ResultsWe screened 753 unique citations and 101 full texts, and 30 studies met our inclusion criteria. We developed 16 themes representing perceived barriers to care on the supply and demand side of the care-seeking process. Barriers included: stigma; fear and mistrust of services; lack of information on mental health and service providers lacking cultural responsiveness. Themes were incorporated into Levesque et al’s conceptual framework of patient-centred access to healthcare, creating a version of the framework specific to migrant children and young people’s mental health and neurodevelopmental differences.ConclusionsThis is the first qualitative evidence synthesis on barriers to care for mental health problems and/or neurodevelopmental differences in migrant children and young people in high-income countries. We present an adapted conceptual framework that will help professionals and policy-makers to visualise the complex nature of barriers to care, and assist in improving practice and designing interventions to overcome them. Similar barriers were identified across study participants and migrant populations. While many barriers were also similar to those for children and young people in general populations, migrant families faced further, specific barriers to care. Interventions targeting multiple barriers may be required to ensure migrant families reach care.

scholarly journals Exploring Barriers to Participation in Pediatric Rehabilitation: Voices of Children and Young People with Disabilities, Parents, and Professionals

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (19) ◽  
pp. 10119
Author(s):  
Britta Teleman ◽  
Elin Vinblad ◽  
Petra Svedberg ◽  
Jens M. Nygren ◽  
Ingrid Larsson
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Parental Presence ◽  
Pediatric Rehabilitation ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Barriers To Participation ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Self Confidence

In order to develop suitable support for participation in pediatric rehabilitation, it is important to understand what barriers need to be bridged from the perspectives of both children and adults. The aim of this study was to explore barriers to participation in pediatric rehabilitation services, according to children and young people with disabilities, parents to children with disabilities, and professionals. Data was collected in individual interviews (n = 48) and focus groups (n = 8), which were analyzed with qualitative content analysis to extract barriers to participation. Identified barriers include three categories: (1) insufficient access (controlling adults, adult-centered healthcare); (2) insufficient trust (low level of trust in adults, low level of trust in children, low self-confidence in children); and (3) insufficient involvement (norms of non-participation, low level of commitment in children). The participant groups had divergent conceptions of where and how barriers originate, and for what situations child participation is appropriate. Adult-centered healthcare and parental presence were described as barriers by all participant groups. Understanding differences in the perceptions of barriers and their origins is crucial when striving to change norms of non-participation. The findings can inform the development of new support tools and participatory formats in pediatric rehabilitation.

‘The problem is that I don’t know’ – Agency and life projects of transnational migrant children and young people in England and Spain

Childhood ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara Rübner Jørgensen
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Family Dynamics ◽  
Migrant Children ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Societal Context ◽  
The Future ◽  
Legal Constraints ◽  
Life Projects

This article discusses the life projects of migrant children and young people in England and Spain and illustrates the importance of exploring family dynamics, contextual legal constraints, and ‘transnational uncertainties’ as part of young migrants’ ideas about the future. It reflects on the dilemma posed by acknowledging the agency of migrant children in relation to their future while at the same time considering the constraints they meet as minors and migrants within a broader family and societal context.

scholarly journals Health experiences of children and young people who migrate – Opportunities for health education

2018 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace Spencer ◽  
Melody Smith ◽  
Jill Thompson ◽  
Hannah Fairbrother ◽  
Karen Hoare ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Migrant Children ◽  
World Health ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Migration And Health

Research on migration and health is gaining significant ground, with a focus on the adverse physical and mental health outcomes experienced by migrants. The health-related experiences of children and young people who migrate, however, are relatively absent, with children’s migration and health status often conflated with that of their parents. The omission of children’s own perspectives limits knowledge about how health is understood and experienced by child migrants, including the identification of best ways to support their health. Drawing on the empirical literature on child migrants and health from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Western Pacific Region, we adopt a critical perspective to examine how the research to date supports a particular way of understanding and investigating the health of children and young people who migrate. Specifically, we highlight how a dominant focus on parents’ migration status, (negative) health outcomes and patterns of risk behaviours limits, rather than aids, the understanding of migrant children’s health. In doing so, we illustrate how much of the evidence base upholds Westernised biomedical notions of health and privileges the use of particular methodologies to assess health outcomes and reduce health risks. These preferences, in turn, shape the subsequent range of ‘appropriate’ forms of health education for, rather than with, children. We conclude by drawing on some exceptions and consider the opportunities these provide for developing health education in line with children’s own understandings of health – crucially underscoring the importance migrant children and young people attach to the more social aspects of their health and migration experiences.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document