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Mentorship & Training Of Peer Supporters Traditionally, senior researchers’ mentor early career less-experienced researchers in the field of scientific research. Through mentorship, scientists share knowledge and skills; andoversee the work of junior researchers and link them to funding and further…
Adolescent Peer Supporters Peers are the single greatest influence on the lives that adolescents lead and on the adults that they turn out to be. Understanding the peer context is fundamental to understanding adolescents. Adolescence, the period of life between…
Training In Protocols Every well-designed clinical trial requires a protocol. The study protocol can be viewed as a written agreement between the investigator, the participant, and the scientific community. The contents provide the background, specify the objectives, and describe the…
Adolescent Friendly Reporting Systems The Good Participatory Practise Guidelines for biomedical HIV prevention trials (GPP Guidelines, 2011) note the increasing pressure for researchers to provide research results to all participants. In assisting researchers to design reporting systems and disseminate research…
Adolescent Friendly Study Materials Adolescents in Research Toolkit uses the WHO’s expanded definition of ‘young people’ as persons of 10 to 24 years of age1 and focuses on what is primarily called ‘the second decade of life’. The adolescent age…
Adolescent Friendly Staff Training & Sensitisation For effective adolescent health care, health care providers and researchers need to be adept at interpersonal communication with adolescents that emphasises openness, trust and respect for confidentiality as it is important that adolescents see…
Adolescent Friendly Site Assessment Adolescent-friendly spaces are tailored to adolescents needs and are designed to support the research being undertaken. In designing these adolescent-friendly spaces consideration should be given to how much time and when adolescents are going to spend…
Choosing Your Age Group Deciding on the age range of adolescent and youth participants to be involved in a research project or health intervention will be influenced by the anticipated level of involvement, their level of maturity, and/or clinical requirements…
Protocol Development The starting point for a good study is developing a good research question and an appropriate study design. Thereafter it is important to write a good protocol or plan to follow. A research protocol is the detailed plan…
Informed Consent It is commonly understood that research, especially in the health sector, is designed to benefit future patients and society and not the individual study participant specifically. It is an accepted central principle that vulnerable people are entitled to…
