What’s the project?
As part of a PhD Project, Dr Azza Warraitch investigated young people’s experiences of being involved in health research, as well as existing guidance on how to involve young people in health research. To ensure that the research can be shared with as many people as possible, Azza and a wider team of participatory and youth involvement researchers, including young people themselves, have written and contributed to a book titled ‘Best Practices in Adolescent Involvement in Health Research.’
Since the book is all about involving young people in research, it is important that young people are involved in the process of writing the book, by giving feedback on it’s content. That’s what this project is, to invite you to contribute your thoughts, opinions, and experiences to provide feedback on the contents of several chapters in the book. The two book chapters that the team need your input on are:
- Chapter One: Conducting meetings and workshops with adolescents and maintaining communication
- Chapter Two: Best practices of adolescent involvement in health research
The team would love for you to read the chapters that need youth feedback, and you are welcome to do so, but reading the full chapters is not a requirement. The workshops will be designed to facilitate discussion on core contents within the book without a need to read the chapters in full. However, if you do want to read and give detailed feedback, there is a worksheet for you to complete to help guide your written feedback.
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This opportunity is an invitation to contribute your thoughts, opinions, and experiences to provide feedback on the contents of two chapters in the book. The team would like to make giving them your feedback as accessible as possible, so there are lots of ways for you to engage and give your feedback. Signing up to be involved in this short project will involve:
- Being invited to an introduction and icebreaker session
- Committing to taking part in either a) a group workshop or b) a 1-1 feedback session, or c) you can also read a chapter and give feedback using comments or a worksheet.
All the sessions are online only.
nternet access to join an online call
- Aged 10–24 (or up to 26 if under 25 when you began the research)
- Speak fluent English
- Have been or tried to be involved in active research (not as a participant)
The team are able to offer gift vouchers to young people as a token of appreciation for their time and contributions, with a value of €20 for each young person.
Payment is in Euros, as the lead researcher is based in Belfast, but the £ equivalent for the same amount is available for young people.
You can get in touch with Kirsty Hughes at [email protected] to ask for more information or you can follow this link to the expression of interest form: https://tinyurl.com/youthinhealthresearch
3pm Friday October 31st 2025
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