Children's Geographies of Health

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Abstract Geographies of health for children and young people (CYP) explores how the health of CYP is related to the physical, social, and political environment. Central to this body of work is the idea that CYP are differentiated from adults. They are recognized as important social actors whose experiences of place and space, and health and ill‐health vary from adults. Finally, CYP are not a homogeneous group and geographies of health vary across social dimensions and international, national, and local contexts. Children's health geographies can be drawn into two broad types, with quite different underlying epistemologies but complementary in their focus. The first examines the child or young person, or populations of CYP as the subject of interest. In the context of geographical work, the focus of studies might be independently observed aspects of the young person's health status and of their local circumstances. The second type of study seeks to prioritize the views of CYP as social actors to gain their views about their experience of health and place. This work is discussed within a framework of landscapes commonly used in broader reviews of health geography.

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