Using children and young people as advocates to inform research design

作者：Graham Naomi^*; Mandy Anne; Clarke Channine; Morriss Roberts Christopher

来源：British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2017, 80(11): 684-688.

DOI：10.1177/0308022617725491

• Service-user involvement
• child
• research design
• cerebral palsy

Statement of context: This practice analysis discusses the benefits and challenges of young advocates with physical disabilities and communication difficulties informing research design.
Critical reflection on practice: The use of advocates helped to inform a PhD project exploring the experience of play for 6-12-year-olds with high levels of physical disability due to cerebral palsy. This enabled the improvement of the study design in terms of participant information, interview questions, and the format of the participant interviews.
Implications for practice: Rigorous and well-designed research has a positive impact upon therapy practice. Researchers should make use of children and young people as advocates in order to enable high-quality research design.

• 出版日期2017-11