Abstract
Children with cancer experience fragmented school attendance during treatment. Telepresence robots that connect them with school during treatment periods were explored through an intervention involving participant observation followed by semi-structured interviews from 2020–22 with children with cancer, their class teachers, and classmates. We used an abductive approach, inspired by the Agential Realism theory and Situational Analysis. The use of telepresence robots in education enables hospitalized children to actively participate in real-time social activities with their classmates. However, consistent monitoring is necessary to ensure the success of this integration process as the classmates can lose interest in providing support to a child with cancer.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | Children and Society |
| Vol/bind | 37 |
| Udgave nummer | 5 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 1392-1417 |
| Antal sider | 26 |
| ISSN | 0951-0605 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - 2023 |
Bibliografisk note
Funding Information:We are grateful to the children, classmates, and teachers who participated in this study for sharing their experiences with telepresence robots. Further thanks are extended to Cathrine Hem Rørth (Rigshospitalet, Denmark), Caroline Find Andersen (Rigshospitalet, Denmark) for including children with cancer and Emilie Løvenstein Vegeberg and Nonni Camilla Steinrud (NCS) (Rigshospitalet, Denmark) for helping with the set up and operating of the telepresence robots in Danish schools. This work is part of the Interregional Childhood Oncology Precision Medicine Exploration (ICOPE), a cross‐Oresund collaboration between the University Hospital of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet; Lund University; Region Skåne; and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), supported by the European Regional Development Fund. This work is part of Childhood Oncology Network Targeting Research, Organization & Life expectancy (CONTROL) and supported by Danish Cancer Society [R‐257‐A14720] and the Danish Childhood Cancer Foundation [2019–5934]. We are grateful for support from the Danish Cancer Society [R‐260‐A15147‐19‐S3], the Danish Childhood Cancer Foundation [2020–6808], Toyota‐Fonden, Denmark [KJ/BG‐9773 H], Dagmar Marshall Fonden [5000020], Lundbeck Fonden [A7971], Department of Clinical Medicine 2021 Research Fund–Copenhagen University, Fabrikant Einar Willumsens Mindelegat.
Funding Information:
We are grateful to the children, classmates, and teachers who participated in this study for sharing their experiences with telepresence robots. Further thanks are extended to Cathrine Hem Rørth (Rigshospitalet, Denmark), Caroline Find Andersen (Rigshospitalet, Denmark) for including children with cancer and Emilie Løvenstein Vegeberg and Nonni Camilla Steinrud (NCS) (Rigshospitalet, Denmark) for helping with the set up and operating of the telepresence robots in Danish schools. This work is part of the Interregional Childhood Oncology Precision Medicine Exploration (ICOPE), a cross-Oresund collaboration between the University Hospital of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet; Lund University; Region Skåne; and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), supported by the European Regional Development Fund. This work is part of Childhood Oncology Network Targeting Research, Organization & Life expectancy (CONTROL) and supported by Danish Cancer Society [R-257-A14720] and the Danish Childhood Cancer Foundation [2019–5934]. We are grateful for support from the Danish Cancer Society [R-260-A15147-19-S3], the Danish Childhood Cancer Foundation [2020–6808], Toyota-Fonden, Denmark [KJ/BG-9773 H], Dagmar Marshall Fonden [5000020], Lundbeck Fonden [A7971], Department of Clinical Medicine 2021 Research Fund–Copenhagen University, Fabrikant Einar Willumsens Mindelegat.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors. Children & Society published by National Children's Bureau and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.