Monkey bars and medical masks : a photo-voice study of children’s playground safety in British Columbia, Canada
department or school: Education, Faculty of
department or school: Medicine, Faculty of
department or school: Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of
department or school: Pediatrics, Department of
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identifier citation: Michelle E. E. Bauer, Ildikó G. Kovacs & Ian Pike (19 Aug 2024): Monkey bars and medical masks: a photo-voice study of children’s playground safety in British Columbia, Canada, Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning
contributor: B.C. Injury Research and Prevention Unit
creator: Bauer, Michelle E. E.
creator: Kovacs, Ildikó G.
creator: Pike, Ian, 1958-
issued: 2025-03-12T16:33:18Z
issued: 2024-08-19
description: Children’s perspectives on their outdoor play safety can provide unique insight into what activities and environments are injurious for them. In this study, we conducted photo-elicitation interviews with 13 children (7 girls, 6 boys) from low- to mid-income communities who were between the ages of 9- to 13-years-old. The goal of the study was to examine their perspectives of outdoor play safety around urban playgrounds over a two- week period while they participated in day camp activities. Our thematic content analysis resulted in three themes: (1) fear of falling; (2) illness prevention; and (3) need for excitement. Our findings suggest children’s perception of safe play may be shaped by exposure to sanitary practices throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, findings demonstrate chil-dren can experience tensions in participating in desirable play that is exciting, novel, and challenging, while fearing they could fall from higher structures that afford them with these opportunities.
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note: Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found athttps://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=raol20Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor LearningISSN: (Print) (Online) Journal homepage: www.tandfonline.com/journals/raol20Monkey bars and medical masks: a photo-voicestudy of children’s playground safety in BritishColumbia, CanadaMichelle E. E. Bauer, Ildikó G. Kovacs & Ian PikeTo cite this article: Michelle E. E. Bauer, Ildikó G. Kovacs & Ian Pike (19 Aug 2024):Monkey bars and medical masks: a photo-voice study of children’s playground safety inBritish Columbia, Canada, Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, DOI:10.1080/14729679.2024.2393133To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/14729679.2024.2393133© 2024 The Author(s). Published by InformaUK Limited, trading as Taylor & FrancisGroup.Published online: 19 Aug 2024.Submit your article to this journal View related articles View Crossmark dataMonkey bars and medical masks: a photo-voice study of children’s playground safety in British Columbia, CanadaMichelle E. E. Bauer a, Ildikó G. Kovacs b and Ian Pike caDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver, Canada; bDepartment of Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; cDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaABSTRACTChildren’s perspectives on their outdoor play safety can provide unique insight into what activities and environments are injurious for them. In this study, we conducted photo-elicitation interviews with 13 children (7 girls, 6 boys) from low- to mid-income communities who were between the ages of 9- to 13-years-old. The goal of the study was to examine their perspectives of outdoor play safety around urban playgrounds over a two- week period while they participated in day camp activities. Our thematic content analysis resulted in three themes: (1) fear of falling; (2) illness prevention; and (3) need for exc…
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is shown at: 10.14288/1.0448188
language: eng
peer review status: Reviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher DOI: 10.1080/14729679.2024.2393133
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Faculty
scholar level: Postdoctoral
scholar level: Graduate
subject: Outdoors
subject: risk
subject: childhood
subject: play
subject: playground
subject: Children and youth (0-19)
subject: Injury policy and prevention
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/90476