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A qualitative exploration of motivations and barriers for community leisure organisations’ engagement with the Jooay™ mobile app

Participation in leisure activities is key to the physical and mental health of children and adolescents with disabilities. The Jooay™ mobile app aims to link children and adolescents with disability to participation opportunities in their community.

Citation:
Thornton AL, Hackett E, Wilkie A, Gallon J, Grisbrook TL, Elliott CM, et al. A qualitative exploration of motivations and barriers for community leisure organisations’ engagement with the Jooay™ mobile app. Disabil Rehabil. 2022;44(9):1737-1745.

Keywords:
Children with disability; disability inclusion; Expectancy Theory; knowledge translation; Participation; adolescent; awareness; education; handicapped child; human experiment; mobile application; organization; rehabilitation; semi structured interview

Abstract:
Participation in leisure activities is key to the physical and mental health of children and adolescents with disabilities. The Jooay™ mobile app aims to link children and adolescents with disability to participation opportunities in their community.