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• 1.   Researching health inequalities in adolescents: The development of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) Family Affluence Scale

  This article discusses development of the Health Behaviours in School Children Study Family Affluence Scale

  

  Abstract:

  Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health have been little studied until recently, partly due to the lack of appropriate and agreed upon measures for this age group. The difficulties of measuring adolescent socioeconomic status (SES) are both conceptual and methodological. Conceptually, it is unclear whether parental SES should be used as a proxy, and if so, which aspect of SES is more...

  Geography:

  International

  Social Science & Medicine, Vol: 66 Page: 1429-1436 2008
  Candace Currie; Michal Molcho; William Boyce; Bjørn Holstein; Torbjørn Torsheim; Matthias Richter

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• 2.   Small Voices: Children's Rights and Representation in Social Work Research

  This article discusses why Children's Article 12 Rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to express their views on all matters concerning them should also apply to social work research.

  

  Abstract:

  The persons who are social work's constituencies are typically disenfranchised and excluded. This is particularly the case with children whose voices are routinely suppressed. This paper outlines why Children's Article 12 Rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to express their views on all matters concerning them should also apply to social work research. The ethical more...

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  Northern Ireland

  Social Work Education, Vol: 26 Page: 447-457 2007
  Wendy Cousins; Sharon Milner

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