January 10, 2025

Meeting with Australian advisors about our new research project with the World Health Organization

This morning I met with Elsie (11), Zach (9) and Chloe (8) who were Australian advisors for the Children Draw Talking Project that now appears on the United Nations (UN) website:
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/youth/hr75/submissions/subm-views-youth-led-cso-early-childhood-interdisciplinary-resear.pdf
 
The World Health Organization in Geneva Switzerland saw our submission on the UN website – and want us to do something like this again – but this time about children’s insights into health, being healthy, and accessing healthcare services (hospital, doctor, dentist, nurse, vaccinations, optometry, audiology, speech pathology, physiotherapy, psychology, social work, occupational therapy,  etc.). The WHO especially want to learn about the insights of children who have a disability. 

This morning Zach, Elsie, and Chloe gave me advice about how to approach our new research project with the World Health Organization. They are going to brainstorm with their friends and family about "what makes you healthy". Here are some of their initial ideas: a carrot, exercise, sport, netball, medicine, bikes. We also talked about accessing healthcare. I will chat with them and more of my Australian advisors during January to prepare documentation for WHO in February.

Thanks Chloe, Zach and Elsie!

This work will be part of our new Children’s Voices Centre https://www.csu.edu.au/research/childrens-voices-centre/home

Zach, Chloe and Elsie chatting via Zoom

Elsie, Chloe, Zach, Sharynne

Here are some of the things that Elsie, Zach and Chloe's advice (+ others in their family) have helped us with in the past:

Here is a page that summarizes lots of our work: https://www.csu.edu.au/research/childrens-voices-centre/research/childrens-voices


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