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Schoolgirls' health agency: silence, upset and cooperation in a psycho-educational assemblage.

Anette Wickström
Published in: International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being (2019)
Children depend on multiple factors for their agency; the institutional networks they are involved in both allow and restrict their actions. The study demonstrates that focusing on children as health actors, in the sense that agency develops in the assemblages children take part in, can complement the knowledge base and question the predominant framing of psychological health.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • public health
  • young adults
  • mental health
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  • social media
  • depressive symptoms
  • sleep quality