“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 […]

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 )

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‐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 […]