Abstract Using mixed methods, we looked into USA children's reasons behind their non‐participation in the 2018 Parkland school shooting protests from newsletters of randomly sampled 57 middle (MS) and high schools (HS) across USA. We found five themes of reasons that point to non‐protesting children's concern about protest method and issues. The MS and HS non‐protesters' concerns overlapped and differed. The reasons reveal the protests to pose adherence issues to most CRC articles on and almost all of the basic requirements of child participation. We attribute the adherence issues to problems on assigning duties in non‐adult‐provided child participation spaces like protests. To identify protest as child participation necessitate propping children's freedom of expression as the animating force behind child participation's first key element and children's right to information a prerequisite for both. In this reframing, organizing/leading children become duty‐bearers while adults primarily remain so.
OBJECTIVE: Sport participation promotes health benefits for children. Current media and scientific coverage of sport-related head injury may influence a parent's decision on sports participation. Physicians must understand what influences these decisions to effectively counsel patients and families. This study sought to better understand and quantify the parental decisions to allow/disallow collision sports, including football participation. METHODS: A 31-question survey related to child/parent demographics, sports history, and influences to allow/disallow sport participation was available to parents in the United States through a national volunteer registry, between November 2016 and September 2019. Pearson's chi-squared and Wilcoxon's signed-rank test were used to analyze categorical and continuous variables, respectively. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to identify the most powerful factors associated with the decision. RESULTS: Of the 884 responses, 430 (49%) parents would disallow collision sport participation and 334 (38%) would disallow football. Parents who would allow collision sports more commonly cited child desire, while those parents who would disallow cited safety concern as the greatest influence to generally disallow a sport. Those who would disallow reported doctors (35.1% vs 25.3%; P = 0.002), media (12.8% vs 7.3%; P = 0.006) and other parents (11.2% vs 7.3%; P = 0.045) as influences. A child's age (OR 1.039, 95%CI 1.007-1.073; P = 0.018) was independently associated with their parent responding that they would allow collision sports. Parent educational status showed that those with higher than a bachelor's degree would be less likely to allow football participation (OR 0.635, 95%CI 0.443-0.910; P = 0.013). CONCLUSIONS: Parents incorporate many sources of information into the decision to allow or disallow their child to participate in collision sports. A child's desire to play a sport and child safety are driving factors for parents faced with the decision of whether to allow participation in collision sports. Physician input is more frequently influential to parents than the media, underscoring the responsibility of physicians to engage families on the risks, benefits, and resources available for sport participation.
Natalie Hibshman, Aaron Michael Yengo-Kahn, Alyssa L. Wiseman et al.
The paper is part of a collaborative research organized by the International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates (AIMJF/IAYFJM) on child participation as victims or witnesses in criminal cases. The article explains the legal, institutional and procedural aspects of child participation in the Justice System in Argentina, Federal and National level.
Child obesity is a major public health issue. Alarming obesity projections have sparked widespread concern, albeit not much consensus on how to address the problem. Obesity has been often viewed as a matter of personal responsibility, and especially of parental responsibility when it concerns children. Elsewhere, I discussed the importance of adopting instead a children’s rights approach to hold governments accountable for preventing and combating child obesity. This article focuses instead on the right of children to participate in decision-making processes affecting their lives recognized under Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The article argues that its implementation through experiential food learning opportunities integrated into early childhood school curricula deserves much attention and holds some promise for effective solutions.
Children with disabilities, such as those with sensory processing differences or motor impairments, often have limited opportunities for community participation. Moreover, the degree to which caregivers perceive community spaces to be accessible and appropriate for their children can be a determining influence. This study evaluated caregiver perceptions of a “sensory friendly” event led by an urban university in partnership with a local children’s museum. Caregivers completed post-event surveys over a 12-month period. A total of 10 surveys (29% response rate) were completed, and questions were combined into a priori categories of interest for comparison. Results indicate that caregivers perceived child participation as significantly more favorable than many other aspects and interactions occurring during the event. In addition, mobility supports were significantly more favorable than modified sensory activities. Findings suggest that positive perceptions of child engagement in a modified community environment can decrease barriers to participation, however more research is warranted.
Kelle K. DeBoth, Madalynn Wendland, OTR L Tyler Bilinovic MOT et al.
Niñas y niños presentados como sujetos libres, aportantes en su formación y desarrollo y con ello, en su contexto; son la base para reflexionar sobre la realidad dentro de la cual es pertinente identificar las múltiples posibilidades de participación con las que cuentan y que en ocasiones se limitan, se desconocen, aspectos que se convierten en la problemática del presente artículo, para el que se plantea como propósito presentar las estrategias llevadas a cabo desde el lugar de práctica: Aula móvil, el cual es realizado en algunas comunidades del municipio de Soacha, para generar una propuesta socio educativa que acreciente los niveles de participación infantil y con ello la formación del sujeto político. La investigación se llevó a cabo con el método cualitativo, para el que se establecieron guías de observación, encuestas y entrevistas que permitieron analizar datos acerca de la participación infantil desde el sentir de los adultos, padres o madres de familia, docentes en formación, niñas y niños. Con base en los resultados que se obtienen se fortalece la postura que desde algunas revisiones teóricas se exalta a cerca de la participación de la infancia, la cual se presenta sin relevancia para la población adulta, aspecto tras el cual, resulta de mayor fundamento el trabajo en procura de ésta para favorecer la formación del sujeto político.
Nubia Marcela Gómez, Alba M Nemocón, William Andrés Prieto Galindo et al.
PURPOSE: To describe the relationship amongst child and family characteristics (e.g. social relationships, family functioning) and child participation after traumatic brain injury (TBI) an average of 2.65 years post-TBI (SD = 2.12). METHOD: Cross-sectional, secondary analysis of data collected as part of a larger research project. RESULTS: = 44 children with TBI. Analysis revealed statistically significant correlations between child participation, family functioning, and child characteristics. CONCLUSIONS: School-aged children with TBI might experience chronic participation restrictions, associated with challenges in family functioning. Professionals can support children with TBI and their families through follow-up services that include a focus on family-based interventions to better support long-term outcomes for this population.
Libby Crook, Jessica Salley Riccardi, Jennifer P. Lundine et al.
The paper is part of a collaborative research organized by the International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates (AIMJF/IAYFJM) on child participation as victims or witnesses in criminal cases. The article explains the legal, institutional and procedural aspects of child participation in the Justice System in Dominican Republic.
BACKGROUND: OnabotulinumtoxinA is commonly used to relieve spasticity in children with neurologic disorders. Ethanol neurolysis may be used to target more muscles but is less well studied, especially in pediatrics. OBJECTIVE: To determine the safety and effectiveness of ethanol neurolysis with onabotulinumtoxinA injections compared to only onabotulinumtoxinA injections for the treatment of spasticity in children with cerebral palsy. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study including patients with cerebral palsy receiving onabotulinumtoxinA and/or ethanol neurolysis from June 2020 to June 2021. SETTING: Outpatient physiatry clinic. PATIENTS: A total of 167 children with cerebral palsy not undergoing other treatments during injection period. INTERVENTIONS: Injection with either onabotulinumtoxinA only (112 children) or a combination of ethanol and onabotulinumtoxinA injections (55 children) using both ultrasound guidance and electrical stimulation. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: A post-procedure evaluation at 2 weeks after injection documented any adverse effects experienced by the child and perceived magnitude of improvement using an ordinal scale from 1 to 5. Multiple linear regression was used to identify and control for covariates including Gross Motor Function Classification System, gender, age, weight, ethnicity, race, and dosage. RESULTS: Only weight was identified as a confounding factor. When controlled for weight, combined onabotulinumtoxinA and ethanol injections had a greater magnitude of improvement (3.78/5) compared with onabotulinumtoxinA injections alone (3.44/5), a difference of 0.34 points on the rating scale (95% confidence interval: 0.01-0.69; p = .045). However, the difference was not clinically significant. One patient in the onabotulinumtoxinA-only group and two patients in the combined onabotulinumtoxinA and ethanol group reported mild, self-limiting adverse effects. CONCLUSION: Ethanol neurolysis under ultrasound and electrical stimulation guidance may be a safe and effective treatment for children with cerebral palsy that allows more spastic muscles to be treated than onabotulinumtoxinA alone.
Hannah Aura Shoval, Jessica C. Ace, Mayuri R. Reddy et al.
Alex Dave , safeguarding education officer for LGfL-The National Grid for Learning, shares advice on choosing digital media and practices that promote child development and online safety for children in early years.
