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Initiation Of Youth Cabs While the primary reason for establishing Youth CABs is to invite and infuse the voice of young people in research design and implementation, it should be noted that they need support, upskilling and guidance into their…
Meaningful Youth Cabs The purpose of this station is to assist researchers in setting up advisory boards that promote meaningful and effective inclusion of the adolescents and youth. A strong representation of young people in community advisory boards gives voice…
Community Engagement It is never too early to begin engaging with the community. Health research aims to collect information that will provide a basis for future action. Community engagement is a critical element of medical and health research, which broadly…
Engaging Key Stakeholders Adolescent development takes place within a complex web of family, peer, school, community, media, and broader cultural influences as well as within legislation and regulation frameworks. Adolescents are in a rapid developmental transition period from childhood to…
Where Do Adults Fit In? The involvement of adults, who are parents, guardians, caregivers to adolescents that are under 18 years of age, is required in both clinical and socio-behavioural health research at various stages depending on the nature of…
Adolescent Risk-Benefit Analysis Ethical issues in adolescent health research in resource-limited countries. Before embarking on any research with adolescents, the key question is whether it is absolutely necessary to include or exclude adolescents. This question – to include or exclude…
Young Key Populations Young key populations (YKPs) are a hidden and vulnerable group of young people (age 10 – 24 years) within the community sectors that are characterised by vulnerability to the HIV epidemic, drug use, sexual exploitation and societal…
Piloting Often people wonder whether a pilot study is qualitative or quantitative. The answer is a pilot study is a preliminary small-scale study of qualitative, quantitative and clinical study to be conducted. The aim is to test the feasibility of…
Problem Solving Protocols Using Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) within research – clinical, laboratory and other research – undoubtedly leads to increased uniformity of method and consequent reproducibility of results. Although not essential, it is commonly recognised that the person who…
Standard Operating Procedures Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are guidelines to reduce misunderstanding within a sector when referring to expected quality outcomes, service efficiency, standard performance and quality outputs. Standard Operating Procedures are needed for all aspects of implementing research, not…
