“It helped me feel like a researcher”: Reflections on a capacity-building program to support teens as co-researchers on a participatory project.
Nelson Ferguson, K., Coen, S. E., & Gilliland, J. (2025). “It helped me feel like a researcher”: Reflections on a capacity-building program to support teens as co-researchers on a participatory project. Journal of Adolescent Research, 40(4), pp. 827-858. In this paper the authors describe the Teens Talk Vaping project which took a by-youth-for-youth research approach […]
A tale of two Youth Expert Groups (YEGs): Learnings from youth activism in research in India and Brazil.
Krishnamurthy, S., Chan, L., Powell, M. A., Tisdall, E. K. M., Rizzini, I., Nuggehalli, R. K., Tauro, A. & Palavalli, B. (2023). A tale of two Youth Expert Groups (YEGs): Learnings from youth activism in research in India and Brazil. Children & Society, 38(3), pp. 909-925. Abstract: This paper explores how research advisory groups can […]
Standardising training for young people’s research advisory groups.
Tsang, V. W., Simkin, G., & Stevens, K. (2023). Standardising training for young people’s research advisory groups. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 7(11), pp. 760-761. This article explores the expansion of, and best practice, for young people’s research advisory groups, specifically in relation to patient-oriented health care. ( Publisher’s Link )
Power to participants: methodological and ethical reflections from a decade of adolescent advisory groups in South Africa.
Cluver, L., Doubt, J., Teen Advisory Groups South Africa, Wessels, I., Asnong, C., Malunga, S., Mauchline, K., Vale, B., Medley, S., Toska, E., Orkin, K., Dunkley, Y., Mince, F., Myeketsi, N., Lasa, S., Rupert, C., Boyes, M., Pantelic, M., Sherr, L., Gittings, L., Hodes, R., Kuo, C., Chetty, A.N., & Thabeng, M. (2021). Power to […]
Implementing a youth advisory board to inform adolescent health and medication safety research.
Abraham, O., Rosenberger, C. A., & Poku, V. O. (2023). Implementing a youth advisory board to inform adolescent health and medication safety research. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 19(4), pp. 681-685. This commentary describes the development, benefits, challenges, and lessons learned from the first YAB at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) Collaborative Research on […]
Youth participation in mental health and substance use research: Implementation, perspectives, and learnings of the Matilda Centre Youth Advisory Board.
Prior, K., Ross, K., Conroy, C., Barrett, E., Bock, S. G., Boyle, J., Snijder, M., Teesson, M., & Chapman, C. (2022). Youth participation in mental health and substance use research: Implementation, perspectives, and learnings of the Matilda Centre Youth Advisory Board. Mental Health & Prevention, 28, Article No: 200251. Abstract Background The benefits of embedding […]
Co-producing research study recruitment strategies with and for children and young people for paediatric chronic pain studies.
Ghio, D., Lunt, L. E., Bridges, A., Gahr, L., & Hood, A. M. (2024). Co-producing research study recruitment strategies with and for children and young people for paediatric chronic pain studies. Frontiers in Pain Research, 5, Article No: 1358509. This paper reports on the outcomes of the research team working with Your Rheum, a United […]
Co‐production to understand online help‐seeking for young people experiencing emotional abuse and neglect: Building capabilities, adapting research methodology and evaluating involvement and impact.
Bennett, V., Gill, C., Miller, P., Wood, A., Bennett, C., NeurOX YPAG, & Singh, I. (2022). Co‐production to understand online help‐seeking for young people experiencing emotional abuse and neglect: Building capabilities, adapting research methodology and evaluating involvement and impact. Health Expectations, 25(6), pp. 3143-3163. This paper describes flexibility involved in working on and off-line through […]
Co‐designing clinical trials alongside youth with chronic pain.
Zaslawski, Z., Dib, K., Tsang, V. W., Orr, S. L., Birnie, K. A., Lowthian, T., Alidina, Z., Chesick-Gordis, M., & Kelly, L. E. (2023). Co‐designing clinical trials alongside youth with chronic pain. Paediatric and Neonatal Pain, 5(4), pp.142-154. This paper reports on research involving two young people’s advisory groups who offered insight into recruitment, barriers […]
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 […]