Seeing lockdown through the eyes of children from around the world: Reflecting on a children's artwork project
Mandie Jane Foster, PhD, RN, Senior Lecturer & Research Scholar, Nursing
Mohammad Al-Motlaq, PhD RN. Associate Professor Maternal Child & Family Health
Bernie Carter, PhD, RGN, RSCN, Professor of Children’s Nursing
Sarah Neill, PhD, RGN, RSCN, Professor in Nursing
Therese O'Sullivan, PhD, Associate Professor, Nutrition Research
Angela A Quaye, MSc, PhD Candidate, Child & Family Health
Maureen Majamanda, MSc, RN, Senior Lecturer, Child Health
Khatijah Abdullah, DClinP, RM, RN, Professor of Nursing
Inger K Hallström, PhD, RSCN, RN, Professor of Paediatric Nursing
Christine English, PhD, RGN, RSCN, Associate Lecturer & Chair Clinical Governance
Amanda Vickers, GradDipNursEd, BM, BN, RM, RN, Lecturer in Nursing
Imelda Coyne, PhD, RGN, RSCN, Professor in Children’s Nursing
Esther Adama, PhD, RN, Lecturer in Nursing
Evalotte Morelius, PhD, RN, Professor of Nursing
Reference: Foster, M. J.; Al-Motlaq, M., Carter, B., Neill, S., O’Sullivan, T., Quaye, A. A., Majamanda, M., Abdullah, K., Hallström, I. K., English, C., Vickers, A., Coyne, I., Adama, E., & Morelius, E. (2021). Seeing lockdown through the eyes of children from around the world: Reflecting on a children's artwork project. Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, 37(3), 104-115. https://doi.org/10.36951/27034542.2021.039
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Abstract:
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic created new challenges for children including access to education and limiting social and emotional connections to extended family, friends, and the community. Globally, opportunities for sharing children’s self-reported experiences during lockdown were limited. The primary aim of this project was to create an art-eBook that reflects children’s experiences of life during the COVID-19 pandemic that could be shared with other children around the world. Secondly, we wanted to reflect on the consultation undertaken within the International Network of Child and Family Centered Care (INCFCC) using Gibbs (1988) reflective cycle framework. Children from around the world were invited to submit a piece of artwork that reflected their experience during the COVID-19 pandemic via a Qualtrics-survey in May 2020. The children’s artwork and written pieces were transcribed verbatim into an eBook and the artwork was further placed into groups based on similarity of meaning. Fifty-five children from 17 countries submitted an artwork piece. Four groups were evident within the children’s artwork including infection control measures, positive experiences and emotions (connection to family, fun activities), negative experiences and emotions (social impact, emotional impact), and uniting children globally. The eBook illustrates how children of all ages can provide meaningful insightful commentary and valuable information on their experiences during an unprecedented pandemic.
Keywords
arts-based approach, child and family centred care; children’s experiences; COVID-19, eBook, Gibbs reflective cycle