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'It showed everyone what it was like in lockdown and how we felt': exploring short film-making with children to produce public health research dissemination

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Laura BasterfieldORCiD, Hannah Batten, Dr Katy Weston, Dr Brook Galna

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Abstract

Creative participation may allow children involved in health research to better describe their experience. Using participatory methods, we co-produced a short film with children to express their experiences of the COVID-19 lockdowns and as participants in health research conducted around the pandemic. Thirteen children (10–11 years) from an area of deprivation in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, worked with theatre practitioners to develop their spoken and written reflections and memories into a script. The subsequent short film (https://tinyurl.com/YoungSciComms) was perceived by classmates as an accurate and entertaining representation of their experiences. Film-making with children can facilitate effective peer-led communication in public health research.

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Author(s): Basterfield L, Batten H, Weston KL, Burn NL, Galna B, Ferguson H, Wilson S, Rimington C, Crosbie K

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: European Journal of Public Health

Year: 2025

Pages: Epub ahead of print

Online publication date: 26/06/2025

Acceptance date: 11/06/2025

Date deposited: 01/07/2025

ISSN (electronic): 1464-360X

Publisher: Oxford University Press

URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf105

DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaf105

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