Study results from University of British Columbia broaden understanding of life sciences in children

Research findings, "Examining how contexts shape young children's perspectives of health," are discussed in a new report. According to a study from Vancouver, Canada, "We know that the social conditions in which children live exert a strong influence on their health; yet, we do not know how children's experience of these conditions of daily life shape their perspectives of health. Through ethnographic research methods, the first author spent 1 year with the 14 6-year-old children involved in this research and examined how the contexts of daily life influenced the children's perspectives of health."

"The children involved in this study all lived in a neighbourhood...

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