The Children in Child Health

Negotiating Young Lives and Health in New Zealand

Julie Spray

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781978809307, 9781978809314
• eBook ISBN: 9781978809321
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Health Policy

Who are the children in child health policy? How do they live and see the world, and why should we know them? A journey into the lives ofchildren coping in a world compromised by poverty and inequality, The Children in Child Health challenges the invisibility of children's perspectives in health policy and argues that paying attention to what children do is critical for understanding the practical and policy implications of these experiences.In the unique context of indigenous M?ori and migrant Pacific children in postcolonial New Zealand, Julie Spray explores the intertwining issues of epidemic disease, malnutrition, stress, violence, self-harm, and death to address the problem of how scholars and policy-makers alike can recognize and respond to children as social actors in their health. The Children in Child Health innovatively combines perspectives from childhood studies, medical anthropology, and public health and policy together with evocative ethnography to show how a deep understanding of children's worlds can change our approach to their care.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The World of Tūrama School
• 3. Negotiating Generational Differences in Ethical Research
• 4. Coproducing Health at the School Clinic
• 5. Responsibilizing Care
• 6. Embodying Inequality
• 7. Practicing Resilience
• 8. Talking with Death
• 9. Conclusion
• Appendix: Drawing Child Ethnography
• Acknowledgments
• Glossary
• Notes
• References
• Index
• About the Author
• Series List