School of Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
National Suicide Research Foundation, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Health Expect. 2019 Feb;22(1):54-64. doi: 10.1111/hex.12830. Epub 2018 Oct 10.
Cyberbullying is an international Public Health concern. Efforts to understand and address it can be enhanced by involving young people. This paper describes a rights-based collaboration with young people in a qualitative exploration of cyberbullying. It describes the establishment, implementation and evaluation of a Young Person's Advisory Group as well as identifying the impact on the research process and the young people involved.
Sixteen postprimary school students met with researchers on five occasions in a youth centre. Sessions focused on building the young people's capacity to engage with the research, designing the qualitative study, interpreting study findings and evaluating the collaboration process.
The Advisory Group highlighted a lack of understanding and appropriate action with regard to cyberbullying but believed that their involvement would ultimately help adults to understand their perspective. Evaluation findings indicate that members were supported to form as well as express their views on the design, conduct and interpretation of the research and that these views were acted upon by adult researchers. Their involvement helped to ensure that the research was relevant and reflective of the experiences, interests, values and norms of young people.
Young people can contribute a unique perspective to the research process that is otherwise not accessible to adult researchers. The approach described in this study is a feasible and effective way of operationalizing young people's involvement in health research and could be adapted to explore other topics of relevance to young people.
网络欺凌是一个国际公共卫生关注的问题。通过让年轻人参与其中，可以更好地理解和解决这个问题。本文描述了一项基于权利的合作，即与年轻人一起对网络欺凌进行定性探索。它描述了青年顾问小组的建立、实施和评估，以及确定对研究过程和参与的年轻人的影响。
16 名中学后学生在青年中心与研究人员进行了五次会面。会议的重点是培养年轻人参与研究的能力，设计定性研究，解释研究结果和评估合作过程。
顾问小组强调了对网络欺凌缺乏理解和适当的行动，但他们认为他们的参与最终将帮助成年人理解他们的观点。评估结果表明，成员们得到了支持，不仅可以形成自己的观点，还可以就研究的设计、进行和解释表达自己的观点，而这些观点也得到了成年研究人员的采纳。他们的参与有助于确保研究是相关的，并反映了年轻人的经验、兴趣、价值观和规范。
年轻人可以为研究过程贡献独特的视角，而这是成年研究人员无法获得的。本研究中描述的方法是一种可行且有效的方法，可以实现年轻人参与健康研究，也可以适用于探索其他与年轻人相关的主题。
