The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child emphasizes the importance of allowing children and adolescents to influence decisions that are important to them following their age and maturity. This paper explores the principles, practices, and implications around using parental versus child/adolescent consent when participating in social science research and policy development. Experiences from two s...
Engaging youth in obesity prevention research and policy action is essential to develop strategies that are relevant and sensitive to their needs. Research with young people requires critical reflection to safeguard their rights, dignity, and wellbeing. The CO-CREATE project used various methods to engage approximately 300 European youth aged 15–19 years in the development of policies to prevent adolescent obes...
Revista de Psicologia da Criança e do Adolescente. - ISSN 1647-4120. - N. 2 (2010). - p. 43-72.; This paper aims to identify prerequisites for successful implementation of the health promoting school principles as identified in the Norwegian network of Health promoting schools. The analysis is based on project documents and interviews with teachers and principals. The findings highlighted the following core dim...