A blueprint for involvement: Reflections of lived experience co-researchers and academic researchers on working collaboratively.

The Blueprint Writing Collective: Fraser, C., Carrington, B., Crooks, J., Diffey, J., Evans, N., Kirk, S., Lane, R., McGowan, R., Naughton, G., Pryjmachuk, S., Saund, K. & Temple, R. (2022). A blueprint for involvement: Reflections of lived experience co-researchers and academic researchers on working collaboratively. Research Involvement and Engagement, 8(1), Article No: 68. Abstract: Patient […]

Strengthening mental health research outcomes through genuine partnerships with young people with lived or living experience: A pilot evaluation study.

Lee, G. Y., McKenna, S., Song, Y. J. C., Hutcheon, A., Hockey, S. J., Laidler, R., Occhipinti, J-A., Perry, C., Lindsay-Smith, T., Ramsay, A., Choi, S., Feirer, D., Shim, A.W., Cottle, J., Mukherjee, A., New, J., You, R., Scott, E.M., Freebairn, L., & Hickie, I. B. (2023). Strengthening mental health research outcomes through genuine partnerships […]

The attitudes of healthy children and researchers towards the challenges of involving children in research: an exploratory study.

Postma, L., Luchtenberg, M. L., Verhagen, A. E., & Maeckelberghe, E. L. (2021). The attitudes of healthy children and researchers towards the challenges of involving children in research: an exploratory study. Research Involvement and Engagement, 7(1), Article No: 30. Abstract Background A growing trend in research is to involve co-researchers. It is referred to as […]

Using technology to seek the vulnerable and marginalized child’s voice in hospital: Co-working with a ‘child research advisory group’ (CRAG).

Clarke, S. (2021). Using technology to seek the vulnerable and marginalized child’s voice in hospital: Co-working with a ‘child research advisory group’ (CRAG). Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing, 44(4), pp. 303-312. This paper reports on the process of working with a CRAG to co-develop simple research questions and a data collection tool which was child […]

Young people’s advisory groups in health research: Scoping review and mapping of practices.

Sellars, E., Pavarini, G., Michelson, D., Creswell, C., & Fazel, M. (2021). Young people’s advisory groups in health research: Scoping review and mapping of practices. Archives of disease in childhood, 106(7), pp. 698-704. The authors conducted a scoping review of YPAGs in youth-focused health studies. They share recommendations for consistent reporting of YPAG involvement in […]

Including the child’s voice in research from a longitudinal birth cohort: Insights from the ROLO young person’s advisory group.

Delahunt, A., Callanan, S., Killeen, S. L., McDonnell, C. M., & McAuliffe, F. M. (2023). Including the child’s voice in research from a longitudinal birth cohort: Insights from the ROLO young person’s advisory group. Research Involvement and Engagement, 9(1), Article No: 2. Abstract Background Public and patient involvement (PPI) through Young Person’s Advisory Groups (YPAG) […]

Research‐and health‐related youth advisory groups in Canada: An environmental scan with stakeholder interviews.

Chan, M., Scott, S. D., Campbell, A., Elliott, S. A., Brooks, H., & Hartling, L. (2021). Research‐and health‐related youth advisory groups in Canada: An environmental scan with stakeholder interviews. Health Expectations, 24(5), pp.1763-1779. This study aimed to identify research- and health-related youth advisory groups in Canada and understand the best practices of these groups by […]

Children’s voices for change: Co-researching with children and young people as family violence experts by experience.

Dimopoulos, G., Horley, K., Anderson, T., & Liam. (2024). Children’s voices for change: Co-researching with children and young people as family violence experts by experience. Childhood, 31(1), pp.369-389. Abstract: Researching with children and young people on topics that are considered to be ‘sensitive’, such as family violence, trauma and abuse, continues to be challenging. But […]

“We know that our voices are valued, and that people are actually going to listen”: Co-producing an evaluation of a young people’s research advisory group.

Brady, L-M., Miller, J., Mcfarlane-Rose, E., Noor, J., Noor, R., Dahlmann-Noor, A. (2023). “We know that our voices are valued, and that people are actually going to listen”: Co-producing an evaluation of a young people’s research advisory group. Research Involvement and Engagement, 9(11) Abstract: Background Children and young people’s (CYP) involvement is an increasing priority […]