Conducting large-scale mixed-method research on harm and abuse prevention with children under 12: Learning from a UK feasibility study.
Barter, C., Batool, F., Charles, J., Devaney, J., Farrelly, N., Hayes, D., Kurdi, Z., Millar, A., Monks, C., Foster, H.R., Radford, L., Edwards, R.T., Winrow, E. & Stanley, N. (2024). Conducting large‐scale mixed‐method research on harm and abuse prevention with children under 12: Learning from a UK feasibility study. Children & Society, 38(1), pp.79-96. Abstract: […]
Exploring inequalities in health with young people through online focus groups: Navigating the methodological and ethical challenges.
Woodrow, N., Fairbrother, H., Crowder, M., Goyder, E., Griffin, N., Holding, E., & Quirk, H. (2022). Exploring inequalities in health with young people through online focus groups: navigating the methodological and ethical challenges. Qualitative Research Journal, 22(2), pp. 197-208. In this article the authors share the ethical and methodological challenges, and decisions made, in undertaking […]
Qualitative research with primary school-aged children: Ethical and practical considerations of evalutaing a safeguarding programme in schools.
Jackson-Hollis, V. (2019). Qualitative research with primary school-aged children: Ethical and practical considerations of evalutaing a safeguarding programme in schools. Journal of Children’s Services, 14(3), pp. 194-204. Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the ethical and practical challenges of working with primary school-aged children to conduct qualitative service evaluations […]
Negotiating confidentiality, privacy and consent in focus groups with children and young people. By Tim Moore
You can download this case study as a pdf here. In 2015, the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse contracted us to complete a study to understand what children need to be safe and feel safe in organisations such as schools, sporting groups, religious institutions and holiday camps. In focus groups, […]
The work with interpreters in a cultural-sensitive environment. By Silvia Exenberger
You can download this ERIC case study as a pdf in English, français, español, 한국어, Türkçe and Bahasa Indonesia. Important and unique challenges arise when conducting research in a cultural environment more or less unknown to the researcher who follows a Western cultural tradition. Even though researchers arrive well-prepared at the research site in the […]
The impact of shared information in focus groups on children’s relationships. By Hilde Lauwers
You can download this ERIC case study as a pdf in English, français, español, 한국어, Türkçe and Bahasa Indonesia. The Flemish Commission of Children’s Rights (Kinderrechtencommissariaat) commissioned Research Centre Childhood & Society (Kind & Samenleving) to construct a questionnaire to determine the incidence and prevalence of child abuse and negligence in Flanders. The questionnaire focused […]
Conducting school-based focus groups: Lessons learned from the CATS project.
Horowitz, J. A., Vessey, J. A., Carlson, K. L., Bradley, J. F., Montoya, C., & McCullough, B. (2003). Conducting school-based focus groups: Lessons learned from the CATS project. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 18(5). pp. 321-331.
Hearing children’s voices: Methodological issues in conducting focus groups with children aged 7-11 years.
Morgan, M., Gibbs, S., Maxwell, K., & Britten, N. (2002). Hearing children’s voices: Methodological issues in conducting focus groups with children aged 7-11 years. Qualitative Research, 2(1). pp. 5-20.