Ethics and consent in research with children and young people in global development.

Truscott, J., Canosa, A., & Graham, A. (2024). Ethics and consent in research with children and young people in global development. In Abebe, T., Dar, A., & Wells, K. (Eds.). Routledge Handbook of Childhood Studies and Global Development. Routledge: London. Chapter Abstract: This chapter reflects upon some of the ethical challenges of engaging children in […]

Navigating ethical tensions through critical reflexivity: A participatory filmmaking research project with children with disabilities.

Benjamin-Thomas, T. E., Laliberte Rudman, D., & Gunaseelan, J. (2024). Navigating ethical tensions through critical reflexivity: A participatory filmmaking research project with children with disabilities. Journal of Participatory Research Methods,5(3). Abstract: This paper illustrates the importance of critical reflexivity in guiding socially and ethically responsible participatory research through an analysis of reflexive notes pertaining to […]

Young people’s engagement in online research: Challenges and lessons from conducting focus groups with young people online.

Smith, K.A., Huebner, C., Loughran, T., Eichhorn, J., & Mycock, A. (2024). Young people’s engagement in online research: Challenges and lessons from conducting focus groups with young people online. Journal of Youth Studies, Published Online Ahead of Print. This article explores issues of participation and representation when undertaking research focus groups with adolescents online. It […]

Providing incentives to youth participants in research: A literature review.

Afkinich, J.L., & Blachman-Demnar, D.R. (2020). Providing incentives to youth participants in research: A literature review. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 15(3), pp.202-215. This article seeks to answer the following question: “What are the concerns and best practices identified in the literature for the appropriate and ethical provision of incentives to children […]

At what price? The current state of subject payment in adolescent research.

Borzekowski, D. L., Rickert, V. I., Ipp, L., & Fortenberry, J. D. (2003). At what price? The current state of subject payment in adolescent research. Journal of Adolescent Health, 33(5), pp. 378-384. Abstract: Purpose: To examine how subject payment was associated with study features, such as investigator characteristics and project specifics, among randomly selected studies […]

Payments to children and adolescents enrolled in research: A pilot study.

Iltis, A.S., DeVader, S., & Matsuo, H. (2006). Payments to children and adolescents enrolled in research: A pilot study. Pediatrics, 118(4), pp. 1546–1552. In this paper the authors share the results of a survey of researchers who have led paediatric health and medical research regarding whether the child participants and/or their parents received any form […]

Institutional review boards’ attitudes towards renumeration in paediatric research: Ethical considerations.

Flege, M.M. & Thomsen, S.F. (2017). Institutional review boards’ attitudes towards renumeration in paediatric research: Ethical considerations. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 53(12), pp. 1149-1151. In this article the authors explore the attitudes of IRBs towards payment and compensation in paediatric health research, in an effort to find the ethical balance between ensuring recruitment […]

An examination of incentive strategies to increase participation in outcomes research for an adolescent inpatient unity.

Ha, C., Madan, A., Long, T. A., & Sharp, C. (2016). An examination of incentive strategies to increase participation in outcomes research for an adolescent inpatient unity. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 22(3), pp. 250-256. In this paper the authors wanted to track the progress of young people discharged from in-patient psychiatric treatment. Maintaining young people’s […]