Youth Participatory Action Research for Youth Substance Use Prevention: A Systematic Review

INNOVATE Research: Impact of a workshop to develop researcher capacity to engage youth in research

“…3,19 Involving youth in research has benefits for the individual youth engaged, including knowledge acquisition and broad-based development including leadership skills. 12,20 Youth engagement also has positive impacts on researchers as they gain opportunities for reciprocal learning. 12,20 Despite the benefits, many researchers working on youth-relevant issues do not necessarily know how to engage youth thoroughly in their research activities, and capacity development efforts are therefore required.…”

“…12,20 Youth engagement also has positive impacts on researchers as they gain opportunities for reciprocal learning. 12,20 Despite the benefits, many researchers working on youth-relevant issues do not necessarily know how to engage youth thoroughly in their research activities, and capacity development efforts are therefore required. Unfortunately, there is a dearth of training available specifically targeting youth engagement education for Canadian researchers in academic settings.…”

“…While youth have traditionally been research participants, youth engagement practices call for youth to be engaged in the research process as full partners 3 . Youth engagement is valuable in any area of research regarding youth, ranging from mental health and substance use, 12‐14 health promotion 15 and social inequity, 16 to organizational change 17 and educational reform 18 . By engaging young people in all stages of a research project, from design and development through to knowledge translation, researchers can help ensure that the research they are conducting is relevant to the realities facing young people today 3,19 .…”

“…By engaging young people in all stages of a research project, from design and development through to knowledge translation, researchers can help ensure that the research they are conducting is relevant to the realities facing young people today 3,19 . Involving youth in research has benefits for the individual youth engaged, including knowledge acquisition and broad‐based development including leadership skills 12,20 . Youth engagement also has positive impacts on researchers as they gain opportunities for reciprocal learning 12,20 …”

“…Involving youth in research has benefits for the individual youth engaged, including knowledge acquisition and broad‐based development including leadership skills 12,20 . Youth engagement also has positive impacts on researchers as they gain opportunities for reciprocal learning 12,20 …”