scholarly journals Exploring the Outcomes That Matter Most to Young People Treated for Chronic Pain: A Qualitative Study

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1170
Author(s):  
Rhiannon Joslin ◽  
Maggie Donovan-Hall ◽  
Lisa Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Young People ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Turning Points ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Role Functioning ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Perfect Storm

Global and national policies state that all children and young people should be part of decision making and that outcomes that matter to them should take priority, yet patient-centred outcomes have been identified as a gap in the paediatric chronic pain literature. This study gave youths experiencing chronic pain a platform to have their views heard. Using novel methods, twenty-one young people, aged 11 to 18 years old, completed a semi-structured interview in which they constructed a timeline drawing to symbolise their treatment. They identified when aspects of their life changed (outcomes) and described the importance of these changes. Thematic analysis identified four themes that emerged at different stages of the treatment: “perfect storm”; “turning points”; “disconnect”; and; “free”. “Turning points” were points in time when the narrative of the young person took a turn in a different direction. At these points, the outcomes important to them also changed. Youths initially prioritised outcomes related to pain, then during treatment the focus became their emotional functioning, with role functioning and “going out” becoming the focus at the end. The stage of treatment as perceived by the young person impacted which outcomes mattered most.

scholarly journals MAINTAINING CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH IN THE RISKS OF THE 21st CENTURY

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-86
Author(s):  
Sergii Boltivets
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social World ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Living Things ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mental Abilities

Among the threats and dangers of the future, our duty to the younger and future generations is to develop the instincts, feelings and self-preservation of children and young people, who by their very birth suffer from inventions, conflicts and crises inherited by all previous older generations. The dominants of future self-preservation are in the mental development of children and youth, the main of which we consider mental abilities, development of feelings and especially - a sense of empathy for all living things, as well as - the imagination of every child and young person. her own life and the lives of others. Our common methodology should be to understand that the social world is not simplified, but complicated, and we have a duty to prepare our children and young people to solve these complications.

Aftercare

2020 ◽  
pp. 299-311
Author(s):  
Kenneth McK. Norrie
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Continuing Care ◽  
Formal Care ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Industrial Schools ◽  
And Training

Aftercare, the duties owed to young people after they leave formal care, has always been an inherent aspect of the child protection process in Scotland, perhaps more so indeed in the early days when the assumption was that child protection necessitated the permanent removal of the child from the parent’s care. Early aftercare obligations were primarily around assistance in finding employment for young people when they reached school-leaving age, though managers of reformatory and industrial schools also had obligations to supervise the young person who had left their care for three years or until their 21st birthday. Latterly, education and training grants were made available, as were other forms of financial assistance. Finally, the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 imposed on local authority the obligation of “continuing care” towards young people who had previously been “looked after” by the local authority, and on a range of public bodies to act as “corporate parents” to such care leavers.

scholarly journals Researching disabled children and young people’s views on decision-making: Working reflexively to rethink vulnerability

Childhood ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Louise Skyrme ◽  
Simon Woods
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy ◽  
Muscular Dystrophy ◽  
Young People ◽  
Medical Research ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Research Assumptions

Issues relating to qualitative research with disabled children and young people will be discussed. Semi-structured interviews with boys who have Duchenne muscular dystrophy were conducted to explore their thoughts on how they might make a decision to take part in medical research. Assumptions about disabled children’s vulnerability can impact how researchers conduct qualitative research, and how they are involved in significant decision-making. Working reflexively and in partnership with children illustrates their competence, supporting reconsideration of their vulnerability.

scholarly journals How adolescents understand their values: A qualitative study

2020 ◽  
pp. 135910452096450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iona Lewis-Smith ◽  
Laura Pass ◽  
Shirley Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Young People ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Personal Values ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Psychological Therapies

An important component of some psychological therapies is the use of clients’ values to motivate behaviour change. Values are understood to be developed during childhood and adolescence but there has been limited exploration of how young people experience values and their function across contexts. This study aimed to explore adolescents’ understanding of the concept of ‘values’ and to elicit their experiences of values. Semi-structured, individual interviews were conducted with 11 adolescents aged 12–17 years. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes. Young people were readily able to discuss the meaning of ‘values’ and their own personal values. Three main themes were identified: (1) what values are (in general, and specific to themselves), (2) where values come from (relationships, education, growing up), and (3) why values are important (prioritising/decision making, reflecting on values is helpful). The adolescents in this study demonstrated an in-depth understanding of the meaning, origins and functions of values. The results suggest young people may welcome and benefit from opportunities to discuss their values, including in therapy.

scholarly journals Across the great divide:The impact of digital inequality on Scotland’s Gypsy/Traveller children and young people during the COVID-19 emergency

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Lynne Tammi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Young People ◽  
Formal Learning ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Digital Inequality ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Digital Devices ◽  
Front Line Workers ◽  
Development Workers

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­This article examines current Scottish national and local government awareness of, and responses to, the learning and development needs and entitlements of Gypsy/Traveller children and young people pre and during the COVID-19 pandemic.  A snapshot analysis of emerging testimony from Learning and Development Workers and parents and young people focuses on, and gives insight to, how the lack of access to digital devices and data and front-line workers’ discretionary decision making has impacted on young Gypsy/Travellers’ ability to access formal and non-formal learning and development during the pandemic.

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