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ArticleHealth promotion international2025

Involving children in global health policy and programming: practical guidance to get started.

Gabrielle Mathews, Bethany Jennings, Sarah Sterlini, Audrey Prost, Almaaz Mudaly, Kenneth Kwok, Jason Cohen, Irene Rizzini, Maree Foley, Sonora English and 3 more

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Article in Health promotion international, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Gabrielle MathewsChildren in All Policies 2030, Institute for Global Health, University College London, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TJ, United Kingdom.
Bethany JenningsChildren in All Policies 2030, Institute for Global Health, University College London, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TJ, United Kingdom.
Sarah SterliniChildren in All Policies 2030, Institute for Global Health, University College London, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TJ, United Kingdom.
Audrey ProstChildren in All Policies 2030, Institute for Global Health, University College London, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TJ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6121-8132
Almaaz MudalyChildren in All Policies 2030, Institute for Global Health, University College London, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TJ, United Kingdom.
Kenneth KwokKIDsforSDGs, Hong Kong, China.
Jason CohenKIDsforSDGs, Hong Kong, China.
Irene RizziniPontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea - Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22451-900, Brazil.
Maree FoleyChildren in All Policies 2030, Institute for Global Health, University College London, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TJ, United Kingdom.
Sonora EnglishInstitute for Global Health, University College London, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TJ, United Kingdom.
Srivatsan RajagopalanChildren in All Policies 2030, Institute for Global Health, University College London, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TJ, United Kingdom.
Toyyib O AbdulkareemNCD Alliance, 31-33 Avenue Giuseppe Motta, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3451-4806
Sarah L DalglishChildren in All Policies 2030, Institute for Global Health, University College London, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TJ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-7218-5193

Funding

Children's Investment Fund Foundation 2012-05886
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Children face new and growing threats to their health and well-being, including rising rates of non-communicable diseases and mental health disorders linked to the influence of commercial determinants of health and climate change, among other issues. Yet despite their right to participation established under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, children are rarely invited to participate in global health processes meant to benefit them, whether by selecting priorities, designing policies and programming, advocating for their adoption or evaluating their implementation or impact. We call for greater involvement of children in global health initiatives, particularly those designed to benefit them, and lay out five principles to structure such engagement: (i) respect for children's right to participation, (ii) protection of children's safety and well-being as a foremost concern, (iii) age-appropriate interactions, (iv) reasonable inclusivity, and (v) transparency and accountability towards child participants. We provide practical recommendations for engaging with older children based on our experience with the Youth Advisory Board of the Children in All Policies 2030 initiative, which included 22 children aged 13-18 from 17 countries who provided input across all areas of our work. Finally, we show the benefits of engaging with children for organizations, the impact they seek to achieve, and child participants themselves.

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Global HealthHealth PolicyAdolescentChildChild HealthHumansUnited Nationschild healthglobal healthparticipationrights-based approachyouth engagementyouth involvement

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PMID40265628
PMCPMC12015606

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