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Article Dans Une Revue Childhood Année : 2018

‘It grabs me by my neck’: Exploring children’s experience of chronic illness in Mauritania through drawings and interviews

Hélène Kane
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This article promotes the understanding of how children experience chronic illness in Mauritania, West Africa. The analysis of interviews with 31 children highlights the impact of health care on children. Children construct their own unique interpretations of their illness, employing concepts from the biomedical and popular approaches to health. This research contributes to literature by expanding the understanding of how children minimise the symptom burden to maintain hope and reduce the social impact of their illness.
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hal-01941904 , version 1 (27-07-2023)

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Hélène Kane, David Fearon. ‘It grabs me by my neck’: Exploring children’s experience of chronic illness in Mauritania through drawings and interviews. Childhood, 2018, 25 (2), pp.203-219. ⟨10.1177/0907568217739354⟩. ⟨hal-01941904⟩
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