The aim of the protocol is to embed the questionnaires in theory, to highlight the relevance of involving children and adolescents in the evaluation and to provide background information on the various steps involved in creating the questionnaires. Practical tips are also provided to support the implementation of the questionnaires.
This protocol, which deals with the anonymised survey of the experiences and opinions of children, adolescents and their caregivers in the Barnahus context using questionnaires (Voice questionnaires; Voices and Opinions to Involve Children in Evaluation – Your opinion matters), is the result of a three-year process by a multidisciplinary research group at the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
Funding was provided by the World Childhood Foundation and as part of the PROMISE Elpis research project funded by the European Union.
Regular inclusion of the perspectives of affected children and adolescents and the opinion that they should be regarded as experts on their own experiences and needs is still not sufficiently widespread among child protection projects. This protocol has set its sights on providing impulses for action and practical tips for the implementation of a tool that supports precisely this view and enables the anonymised collection of the perspectives of affected persons.
The authors express a special thank you all affected children and adolescents and their caregivers. Participation and feedback for the design were essential for the further development of the questionnaires and the creation of this protocol. Also to the two authors Olivia Lind Haldorsson and Turid Heiberg, who created the original version of the Child Participation Tool.
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“PROMISE Elpis” was funded by the European Union through its Internal Security Fund (ISF) program, with partner co-funding. Charité (Coordinator), AvBIT, The Barnahus Network via the Council of the Baltic Sea States, Children at Risk, Child Circle, Children 1st, HEUNI (The European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, affiliated with the United Nations),National Children’s Advocacy Center USA, UKHD (Childhood Haus Heidelberg), Germany). The contents of this page and its linked resources are the sole responsibility of the publisher and can no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Commission.