Sophie describes how she found the confidence and courage to get involved in her first podcast with a fellow YPAG member and write a blog for the Co-production Collective.
Stepping out my comfort zone…
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Welcome to our ‘new digital home’!
From a simple word document to a fully functioning website and Instagram profile…. Our new identity and ‘digital home’ was a team effort.
Building and sustaining capacity of our Young People’s Advisory Group
The second year of the covid pandemic proved to be another challenging year for everyone on many levels. On the bright side, we’ve powered through and ‘done’ a lot.
NeurOX YPAG help University of Nottingham to interpret analyses from health databases
Our research uses large health databases where any identifying information has been removed before we access it.
Involving young people in planning a study to evaluate a new treatment for Binge Eating Disorder
Our research group have developed a new digital self-help programme for people with recurrent binge eating. We are trying to work out how best to research whether this new treatment works.
Virtual Work Experience – capturing ‘digital voices’ in research
At the end of the summer we welcomed four enthusiastic young people from Year 12 and 13 to participate in a packed week of ‘virtual’ research work experience (and some on-line socialising) at the end of their long, ‘unusual’ summer.
NeurOX YPAG Virtual Work Experience Week 26–30 July 2021
We ran our second annual virtual work experience week collaborating with 10 young people, aged 16-19 years, from our NeurOX Young People Advisory Group (YPAG).
Involving young people in research about the use of antidepressants – a researcher’s experience
Over the Summer, I was involved in writing a review on the knowns and unknowns of antidepressants in young people aged 14-24.
Meaningful and inclusive digital involvement: running digital meetings with young people
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic our YPAG members have been involved in at least 14 digital YPAG meetings so far between March and August this year (2020).
Diversity in YPAGS and digital approaches to widen participation in research
This presentation covers widening research participation and diversity in YPAGs (the link will open a PDF).