A qualitative study of child participation in decision-making: Exploring rights-based approaches in pediatric occupational therapy
| dc.contributor.author | O'Connor, Deirdre | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lynch, Helen | |
| dc.contributor.author | Boyle, Bryan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-04-11T10:30:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-04-11T10:30:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-12-16 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2022-04-11T10:24:35Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: According to Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, therapists are duty-bound to include children in decisions that impact them. Although occupational therapists champion client-centred, collaborative practice, there remains a paucity of studies detailing children’s rights and experiences of decision-making in pediatric occupational therapy. Purpose: This qualitative study described the decision-making experiences of children, parents and therapists in occupational therapy. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 participants (six children, five parents and six occupational therapists), and data analysed using thematic analysis. Findings: Three themes emerged: 1) Goal-setting experiences; 2) Adults: child-rights gatekeepers or defenders? and 3) Decision-making in context. Findings suggest that decision-making is mostly adult directed, and children’s voices are subsumed by adult-led services, priorities, and agendas. Implications: Children’s rights need to be embedded as an aspect of best practice in providing services that are child-centred in occupational therapy practices and education. | en |
| dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
| dc.description.version | Published Version | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.articleid | e0260975 | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | O'Connor, D., Lynch, H. and Boyle, B. (2021) 'A qualitative study of child participation in decision-making: Exploring rights-based approaches in pediatric occupational therapy', PLoS ONE, 16(12), e0260975 (20pp). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260975 | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0260975 | en |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1932-6203 | |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 20 | en |
| dc.identifier.issued | 12 | en |
| dc.identifier.journaltitle | PLoS ONE | en |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 1 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/13053 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 16 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | en |
| dc.rights | © 2021, O'Connor et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | en |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | Child participation in decision-making | en |
| dc.subject | ~Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy - Journal articles~ | en |
| dc.title | A qualitative study of child participation in decision-making: Exploring rights-based approaches in pediatric occupational therapy | en |
| dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |
