ABSTRACT
This chapter shows the interrelationships between children's daily spaces and the impacts on their health. It looks at some of the challenging aspects of recognizing children as active research participants and discusses some research areas that would benefit from the inclusion of children's voices and experiences. The chapter emphasizes the importance of including children and youth as meaningful research participants in order to develop a deep understanding of the interrelationships between their health and their daily environments. It focuses on primary/elementary school-aged children, between the ages of 5 and 12. An important contribution that health geographers can make is examining the health impacts on children due to how climate change disrupts their routines and everyday spaces. T. Tanner reveals that children can articulate how environmental hazards impact them, their families and their communities. The chapter discusses key opportunities for health geographers to examine the impacts of specific contexts and environmental change on children's health.
