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. 2021 Mar;25(1):31-43.
doi: 10.1177/1367493520904804. Epub 2020 Feb 12.

Creating a communication space in the healthcare context: Children's perspective of using the eHealth service, Sisom

Ing-Marie Carlsson  1 , Susann Arvidsson  1 , Petra Svedberg  1 , Jens M Nygren  1 , Åsa Viklund  2 , Anna-Lena Birkeland  2 , Ingrid Larsson  1
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Creating a communication space in the healthcare context: Children's perspective of using the eHealth service, Sisom

Ing-Marie Carlsson et al. J Child Health Care. 2021 Mar.

Abstract

According to the United Nation's Convention of the Rights of the Child, children have the right to participate in their own healthcare and make their opinions heard. The aim of this study was thus to explore the impact of using an eHealth service, Sisom, to gain the children's perspectives during their healthcare appointments. Data were gathered through individual interviews with a purposeful sample of 16 children, aged 6-13 years old, treated for different diseases and using the eHealth service, Sisom, during their healthcare appointments. The interviews were analysed using a constructivist grounded theory. The results showed that using Sisom made children's voice heard by creating a communication space in the healthcare setting. This meant that the children got involved in the communication, were acknowledged as an important person who could give the answers to questions and were given time. Implementing the use of Sisom is a way to make children's needs and preferences explicitly visible for decision-making in practice and thereby supporting the further development of child-centred care in practice.

Keywords: Child-centred care; communication; eHealth; grounded theory; implementation.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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The basic social process, making children’s voice heard by creating a communication space in the healthcare setting.
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