Childhood physical disability refers to intrinsic biological or acquired conditions (e.g., cerebral palsy, spina bifida, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation) that cause impairments which result in disability and limited participation in day-to-day activities. As children grow and develop, there are many factors within the child, his or her family and the environment that have the potential to influence participation in the everyday activities of childhood. It is difficult to plan interventions to enhance participation without knowledge about which factors are the most important in what is, undoubtedly, a complex set of relationships. The proposed project, from the Neurodevelopmental Clinical Research Unit (NCRU) at McMaster University, is a longitudinal study of children with physical disabilities aged 5- 13 years to determine the child, family and environmental factors that enhance participation in the formal and informal activities of childhood. Innovative methodologies (structural equation modeling and a cross-sequential design) will be used to evaluate the relative contribution of child, family and environmental factors in determining participation of children with long-term, non-progressive physical conditions associated with physical functional limitations in day-to-day activities.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01HD038108-02
Application #
6388169
Study Section
Behavioral Medicine Study Section (BEM)
Program Officer
Quatrano, Louis A
Project Start
2000-06-01
Project End
2003-05-31
Budget Start
2001-06-01
Budget End
2002-05-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2001
Total Cost
$366,572
Indirect Cost
Name
Mcmaster University
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Hamilton
State
ON
Country
Canada
Zip Code
L8 3-Z5
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King, Gillian; Law, Mary; Petrenchik, Theresa et al. (2013) Psychosocial determinants of out of school activity participation for children with and without physical disabilities. Phys Occup Ther Pediatr 33:384-404
King, G; Petrenchik, T; Dewit, D et al. (2010) Out-of-school time activity participation profiles of children with physical disabilities: a cluster analysis. Child Care Health Dev 36:726-41
King, Gillian; McDougall, Janette; Dewit, David et al. (2009) Predictors of Change Over Time in the Activity Participation of Children and Youth with Physical Disabilities. Child Health Care 38:321-351
Law, Mary; Petrenchik, Theresa; King, Gillian et al. (2007) Perceived environmental barriers to recreational, community, and school participation for children and youth with physical disabilities. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 88:1636-42
King, G A; Law, M; King, S et al. (2007) Measuring children's participation in recreation and leisure activities: construct validation of the CAPE and PAC. Child Care Health Dev 33:28-39