Who has been taking part in the study?
- Youth experts: We have spoken with young people (14-24 years) who have experience or an interest in working in partnership with adult researchers in a health and/or wellbeing research projects.
- Adult researchers: We have also spoken to researchers (>24 years) who have at least 6 months of experience in engaging in co-research or co-design with young people (14-24 years) or have integrated substantial, on-going adolescent consumer involvement through a formal mechanism.
How have participants been involved?
Youth experts
- Have taken part in a 1:1 chat online with a C3 team member to share their experiences working with adult researchers. We wanted to learn more about young people's role in the research, what they enjoyed and what they would do differently.
- They will now take part in 2 short surveys to help us rank what skills and knowledge are important for adult researchers to have and what items need to be included in reports that describe youth partnerships in research.
Adult researchers
- Have taken part in online interviews to share their experiences on critical skills required to meaningfully engage young people in co-research or co-design. They have also explored what are essential reporting items.
- They will now take part in 2 rounds of a short anonymous online surveys to rank and reach consensus around core competencies and essential reporting items.
Who has approved this study?
The ethical aspects of this study have been approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) of The University of Sydney (ethics reference: 2024/HE001649) according to the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research.