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Published on: February 16, 2011

Visual narratives of the pediatric illness experience: children communicating with clinicians through video

Michael Rich1, Julie Polvinen, Jennifer Patashnick

  • 1Center on Media and Child Health, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, MA 02115, USA. michael.rich@childrens.harvard.edu

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America
|June 7, 2005
PubMed

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The video intervention/prevention assessment (VIA) method offers a flexible, patient-centered approach to understanding pediatric illness. This approach allows for diverse data analysis across various medical and psychiatric conditions in children and adolescents.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Health
  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Patient Experience

Background:

  • Pediatric illness is complex, necessitating a multidimensional, patient-centered approach.
  • Existing research methods may not fully capture the nuances of a child's health journey.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and elaborate on the video intervention/prevention assessment (VIA) method for studying pediatric illness.
  • To highlight the adaptability and multidisciplinary nature of the VIA method.

Main Methods:

  • The video intervention/prevention assessment (VIA) method utilizes diverse source data.
  • It employs multidisciplinary analytical frameworks for examining findings from multiple perspectives.
  • VIA can be applied by asking different research questions to explore human experience.

Main Results:

  • VIA has been successfully applied to pediatric conditions including asthma, obesity, spina bifida, and diabetes mellitus.
  • Current research using VIA examines the transition to adulthood in pediatric patients with spina bifida, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, and HIV.

Conclusions:

  • The VIA method provides a robust framework for exploring the multifaceted experiences of children with chronic illnesses.
  • Its flexibility allows for in-depth investigation across a range of pediatric health conditions and life transitions.

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