The Science of Engaging Youth Lived Experience in Health Research, Practice, and Policy
The Science of Engaging Youth Lived Experience in Health Research, Practice, and Policy
Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief (2024)
Reprinted from National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
There is a growing body of evidence demonstrating the value of incorporating youth voices in the development of research and programming aimed at supporting youth well-being. On October 11 and 12, 2023, the Forum for Childrens Well-Being hosted a two-day virtual public workshop, The Science of Engaging Youth Lived Experience in Health Research, Practice, and Policy, which was designed to explore the impacts of youth participatory methods including the potential for participatory methods to produce more effective, relevant, and sustainable interventions; the potential for participatory methods to engage historically marginalized communities among youth; the challenges of instituting participatory methods, including time, budgetary expenditures, and training; and opportunities to better incorporate participatory methods into research, systems, and programs for child well-being.
