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Hospitals for Children (7-02-08)

Children have particular concerns about hospital spaces that are designed for their use. Working with children from 4 to 16, researchers have found pediatric spaces in hospitals are designed to appeal to infants. The authors indicate that one of the ways to show children that designers realize that they are not babies is to allow them to control the light and heat levels in their areas. In addition, researchers found that even older children found clown images used in décor “creepy.”

Jo Birch, Penny Curtis, and Allison James. 2007. “In Search of the Child-Friendly Hospital.” Built Environment, vol. 33, no. 4.

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