Parents’ Perspectives on Children’s Independent Mobility in Selected Rural Towns in South Africa: A Human Capabilities Perspective

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dc.contributor.authorChinyakata, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorRoman, Nicolette Vanessa
dc.contributor.authorVickerman, Shelley Ann
dc.contributor.authorDonga, Gift Taruwandira
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-29T07:57:44Z
dc.date.available2022-11-29T07:57:44Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractA child’s independent mobility is essential to their social, emotional physical, and cognitive development and provides children the opportunity to explore and experience their environment. The freedom of free movement and security from all forms of harm is necessary for achieving the capability of bodily integrity which is one of the essential capabilities necessary for well‐being. Despite this, research on child independent mobility in Africa remains limited. Hence, this paper focuses on parents’ perspectives on children’s independent mobility in rural towns in South Africa to understand the factors that enhance or impede children’s independent mobility. This is essential in suggesting guidelines and recommendations to promote the independent mobility of children in South Africa. A qualitative methodology was used as the research approach to guide the collection and analysis of the data. Data were collected from a sample of parents in the community and thematically analysed in ATLAS.ti. From this study, it can be noted that parents were not comfortable with the independent movement of their children due to the issues of safety around the community. This led to the restricted movement of children, supervised movements, accompaniment of children to school, and organising transport to ferry children to and from school. This study, therefore, calls for the involvement of stakeholders from various levels to develop and implement strategies to promote safe and child‐friendly environments in the community. This is essential in enhancing and restoring a child’s independent mobility.en_US
dc.identifier.citationChinyakata, R et al. (2022). Parents’ Perspectives on Children’s Independent Mobility in Selected Rural Towns in South Africa: A Human Capabilities Perspective. Social Sciences 11: 540. https://doi.org/10.3390/ socsci11120540en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/8175
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.subjectBodily integrityen_US
dc.subjectIndependent mobilityen_US
dc.subjectChildren’s well‐beingen_US
dc.subjectSafetyen_US
dc.titleParents’ Perspectives on Children’s Independent Mobility in Selected Rural Towns in South Africa: A Human Capabilities Perspectiveen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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