Problematizing "play-for-health" discourses through children's photo-elicited narratives

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1329-1341

  Alexander, Stephanie A ^a   Frohlich, Katherine L ^a   Fusco, Caroline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

children; exercise physical activity; health and well being; lived experience; photography photovoice; qualitative analysis; sociology; visual methods

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUEBEC; RECREATION;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; QUEBEC;

EID: 84907227480     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732314546753     Document Type: Article

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