Barriers to Engaging Young People in Research
Children and young people (CYP) account for over 20% of the UK population, over 10% of healthcare spending but only around 5% of health research funding. Increasing participation of CYP in research could lead to more effective and evidence-based intervention to address challenges such as young people's mental health and growing inequalities.
Together with our community partners: Acton Youth Association, Ealing and Hounslow Community Voluntary Service (EHCVS), Harrow Club, Listen to Act, Mosaic Community Trust, Nova and Wealdstone Baby Bank and colleagues at National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) in Northwest London and the Association for Young People's Health, we have been able to unpick some of the barriers to diverse and representative research engagement among children and young people (0-18 years).
This work has been supported by NHS England's Research Engagement Network.
If you would like more information about this project or are interested in using these graphics, please contact the Mohn Centre by emailing mohncentre@imperial.ac.uk.
Visual minutes from session with members of Acton Youth Association, discussing the barriers young people may face when engaging in health research.
Visual illustration from session with Nova discussing youth health in the community.
Visual illustration from session with Wealdstone Baby Bank discussing the barriers of engaging young people in research.
Visual illustration from session with the Harrow Club youth club discussing the barriers to engaging children and young people taking part in research.
Visual illustration from session with Listen to Act exploring the barriers that young people may face when taking part in research.