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Open Access 01-12-2015 | Poster presentation

Improving health in children with disabilities: an intervention-development study to support participation in leisure in 8-12 year olds with communication and mobility limitations

Authors: Jennifer McAnuff, Allan Colver, Tim Rapley, Niina Kolehmainen

Published in: Trials | Special Issue 2/2015

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Participation (i.e. involvement in life situations, such as leisure, education and self-care) is a fundamental health outcome for all children. Children with communication and mobility limitations experience restrictions to their participation in leisure, and the gap widens at age 8-12 years. These restrictions have negative consequences for their development and longer-term health and wellbeing. Evidence indicates that personal factors (e.g. child's motivation) and social-environmental factors (e.g. family behaviours) determine participation in leisure; however these pathways have rarely been systematically investigated and targeted in intervention-development research. …
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Title
Improving health in children with disabilities: an intervention-development study to support participation in leisure in 8-12 year olds with communication and mobility limitations
Authors
Jennifer McAnuff
Allan Colver
Tim Rapley
Niina Kolehmainen
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Trials / Issue Special Issue 2/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1745-6215
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-16-S2-P1

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