Access to pain management is a human right. Nevertheless, research consistently reports that children’s pain is under-recognised and under-treated compared to adults. Additionally, younger children are less likely to receive treatment for their pain. The significance of early-life healthcare experiences is often underestimated due to constructions of young children as passive rather than active agents in health...
Access to pain management is a human right. Nevertheless, research consistently reports that children’s pain is under-recognised and under-treated compared to that of adults. Additionally, younger children are less likely to receive treatment for their pain. The significance of early-life healthcare experiences is often underestimated due to constructions of young children as passive rather than active agents i...
Although Covid-19 was not the first pandemic, it was unique in the scale and intensity with which societies responded. Countries reacted differently to the threat posed by the new virus. The public health crisis affected European societies in many ways. It also influenced the way the media portrayed vaccines and discussed factors related to vaccine hesitancy. Europeans differed in their risk perceptions, attitu...
While recruitment is an essential aspect of any research project, its challenges are rarely acknowledged. We intend to address this gap by discussing the challenges to the participation of vaccine-hesitant parents defined here as a hard-to- reach, hidden and vulnerable population drawing on extensive empirical qualitative evidence from seven European countries. The difficulties in reaching vaccine-hesitant pare...
This paper focuses on the methodological conundrum of doing quick team ethnography in complex teams in a clinical setting studying childhood vaccine hesitancy. It describes how and to what extent a particular «thought style» (in Ludwik Fleck’s meaning) has developed through decisions, negotiations and disputes, producing a dialogical «local truth». It also shows how ethnographers can adapt their practice, consi...