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RETENTION

Retention Adolescent-focused research can suffer from a paradox of participation, as adolescents may be temperamental about their involvement in research, even if the potential benefits of research are personally high for them. Adolescents may exhibit high interest at the outset…

RECRUITMENT

Recruitment Adolescents and young people from all walks of life are spending a considerable amount of time on social media platforms, with the advent of COVID-19 further increasing time spent on mobile devices. This impacts approaches regarding how best to…

DATA COLLECTION

Data Collection The purpose of research is primarily to answer the research question through the collection, organisation and analysis of data. Before information can be presented and analysed, the data must be carefully collected, managed and organized. The research design and methodology…

WHY ADOLESCENTS?

Why Adolescents? Adolescence, or the second decade of life, is a period in which an individual undergoes major physical and psychological changes. Alongside this, there are enormous changes in social interactions and relationships. It is a phase of an individual’s…

DISSEMINATION

Dissemination Adults can be well-intentioned, but often, adolescents report feeling that they are tokens (present with a limited voice), decoration (present but no voice), under-utilized, or worse yet, disrespected and manipulated. Adolescents have a different world view to that of…