Young researchers: Our voices, our lives
2010 Conference
Abstract:
Workshop themes:
- exploring approaches to involving children and young people in research – benefits and challenges for research, researchers and young people
- what are the impacts and outcomes of young people’s involvement and how can these be demonstrated?
- young people as research commissioners
- involving young disabled people in research.
Methods:
- short presentations on:
– the Public Health Education Awareness Research (PEAR) young people’s public health group (LM Brady)
– lessons from young person-commissioned research (S Walker, N O’Brien)
– involving young people in systematic reviews (R Rees)
– involving young people in clinical research (J Newman)
– participative research with young disabled people (K Martin and A Frankin) - question and answer session
- small group discussions.
What people will learn and be able to contribute:
- learn about exciting and innovative approaches to involving young people in research from the perspectives of young people and adult researchers
- consider the benefits and challenges of these approaches
- share their experiences of involving young people in research, or of being involved
- consider how inclusive practice can support young disabled people’s involvement
- explore what innovation and impact mean in relation to meaningful involvement of young people in research
- contribute to key messages for INVOLVE on how to take young people’s involvement forward.
About the authors:
Louca-Mai Brady is a Senior Research Officer at theNational Children’s Bureau (NCB) Research Centre, and a member of INVOLVE. Louca-Mai is responsible for NCB’s work on children and young people’s involvement in research, including managing the Public Health Education Awareness Research (PEAR) young people’s public health group and the other projects being discussed in this workshop.
Niamh O’Brien has been working with young people for 12 years. She started her research career in 2004 and has worked on projects gathering views, opinions and wishes of young people, including young carers, young people attending a Youth Offending Team, young parents and young people in the care system.
Rebecca Rees’s recent projects include two systematic reviews of the views of children and young people on obesity, body size, shape and weight. She has a background in methods for social research in both education and public health.
Jennifer Newman is the Consumer Liaison Officer for the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Medicines for Children Research Network. Jenny set up and currently facilitates the Medicines for Children Research Network (MCRN) Children and Young Persons’ Advisory Group to ensure the inclusion of young people in various stages of the research cycle.
Kate Martin leads on a national project, Making Ourselves Heard, which promotes the active participation of disabled children and young people in all decisions and issues that affect them in their individual lives; the strategic planning of services; national policy; and in the work of the Council for Disabled Children.
Anita Franklin is a Senior Researcher at the Children’s Society where she leads on policy related research concerning children and young people. She has over 15 years research experience and is particularly interested in the participation of disabled children and young people.
Authors
Brady ~ Louca-Mai
Postgraduate Researcher and Independent Consultant, University of the West of England. Louca-Mai Brady is a researcher with longstanding interests in children and young people's involvement in research, policy and practice, who has been an INVOLVE advisory group member since 2007. She is currently doing a PhD on embedding children and young people's participation in health services and research.
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Senior Development Officer (Participation), Council for Disabled Children
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Consumer Liaison Officer, Medicines for Children Research Network
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Academic Fellow, Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI Centre), Social Science Research Unit (SSRU), Institute of Education
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