The Importance of the Instructions in the Use of Draw-and-Write Techniques for Understanding Children’s Health and Illness Concepts
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Lima, Ligia
de Lemos, Marina Serra
Abstract / Description
Aim: The present study aims to test whether different instructions, when using draw-and-write data collection techniques, can be especially suited for understanding specific aspects of children’s conceptions about health and illness. Method: This is a mixed-method study and participants were 209 schoolchildren, aged 10 to 12 years, who were asked to draw-and-write following one of two different instructions (A or B) that were related to the concepts of health and illness. Texts were examined through content analysis based on a previously validated coding system (inter-rater agreement of 93%). Results: Findings suggest that the instruction “what does it mean to you to be sick and what does it mean to you to be healthy?” allows a more direct access to experiences and feelings, and that the instruction “draw and write about what a sick person is and what a healthy person is” is more adequate to elicit children’s knowledge and perceptions. Conclusion: The study suggests that to elicit children’s concepts of health and illness, relevant for health education and health promotion interventions, the draw-and-write instructions should be phrased in impersonal general terms. In contrast, for clinical interventions, the instruction should be targeted to the child’s direct experience of being ill.
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draw-and-write concepts of health and illness children eliciting instruction health education clinical practicePersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2014-11-28
Journal title
Psychology, Community & Health
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3
Issue
3
Page numbers
146–157
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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publishedVersion
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peerReviewed
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Lima, L., & de Lemos, M. S. (2014). The Importance of the Instructions in the Use of Draw-and-Write Techniques for Understanding Children’s Health and Illness Concepts. Psychology, Community & Health, 3(3), 146–157. https://doi.org/10.5964/pch.v3i3.95
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Lima, Ligia
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Author(s) / Creator(s)de Lemos, Marina Serra
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Date of first publication2014-11-28
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Abstract / DescriptionAim: The present study aims to test whether different instructions, when using draw-and-write data collection techniques, can be especially suited for understanding specific aspects of children’s conceptions about health and illness. Method: This is a mixed-method study and participants were 209 schoolchildren, aged 10 to 12 years, who were asked to draw-and-write following one of two different instructions (A or B) that were related to the concepts of health and illness. Texts were examined through content analysis based on a previously validated coding system (inter-rater agreement of 93%). Results: Findings suggest that the instruction “what does it mean to you to be sick and what does it mean to you to be healthy?” allows a more direct access to experiences and feelings, and that the instruction “draw and write about what a sick person is and what a healthy person is” is more adequate to elicit children’s knowledge and perceptions. Conclusion: The study suggests that to elicit children’s concepts of health and illness, relevant for health education and health promotion interventions, the draw-and-write instructions should be phrased in impersonal general terms. In contrast, for clinical interventions, the instruction should be targeted to the child’s direct experience of being ill.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationLima, L., & de Lemos, M. S. (2014). The Importance of the Instructions in the Use of Draw-and-Write Techniques for Understanding Children’s Health and Illness Concepts. Psychology, Community & Health, 3(3), 146–157. https://doi.org/10.5964/pch.v3i3.95en_US
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ISSN2182-438X
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1903
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2269
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/pch.v3i3.95
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Keyword(s)draw-and-writeen_US
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Keyword(s)concepts of health and illnessen_US
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Keyword(s)childrenen_US
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Keyword(s)eliciting instructionen_US
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Keyword(s)health educationen_US
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Keyword(s)clinical practiceen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleThe Importance of the Instructions in the Use of Draw-and-Write Techniques for Understanding Children’s Health and Illness Conceptsen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue3
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Journal titlePsychology, Community & Health
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Page numbers146–157
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Volume3
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