Bringing young children's voices into programme development, randomized controlled trials and other unlikely places. (17th May 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: O'Farrelly, Christine
• Is Part Of: Children & society. Volume 35:Number 1(2021)
• Page Start: 34
• Page End: 47
• Publication Date: 2020-05-17
• Subjects: children's perspectives -- children's voices -- randomised controlled trials -- young children -- multidisciplinary; Children -- Care and hygiene -- Periodicals; Child welfare -- Periodicals; Child welfare -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Children -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; Child development -- Periodicals; 362.70941
• DOI: 10.1111/chso.12390
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0951-0605

Abstract

Abstract: Interventions aimed at improving children's lives are widespread and research evaluating these is central to policy decisions that affect their lives. Although there is an increasing move in intervention and evaluation research to include stakeholders' perspectives this rarely extends to children's voices. As a psychologist committed to children's rights, this article explores my experiences of working at times on the fringes of my own discipline, drawing on wide‐ranging resources and collaborating with other disciplines. The article reflects on the challenges and opportunities of multidisciplinary research and bringing young children's perspectives into these places where they are rarely heard.