Children and Clinical Research: Ethical Issues
Explores the challenges faced by researchers to undertake ethical research with children.
An examination of children and young people’s views on the impact of their participation in decision-making
This study explores the experiences of children and young people who have participated in participation initiatives held by the DCYA.
It’s about me: Young people’s experiences of participating in their Care Reviews
The main aim of this research is to explore young people’s experiences of participating in their care reviews.
Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on the General Comment on the Rights of Adolescents
Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on the General Comment on the Rights of Adolescents.
Hear by right: Setting standards for active involvement of young people in democracy
Hear by right: Setting standards for active involvement of young people in democracy.
Meaningful consent to participate in social research on the part of people under the age of eighteen
This article describes changes in conventions among social scientists undertaking research with children and young people over the last decade
Children’s Understandings of Wellbeing
This research aims to contribute to the development of National Child Well-being Indicators, a key action under the National Children’s Strategy.
A children’s right-based approach to involving children in decision-making
Children’s issues have become a greater priority on political agendas since the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
General Comment No. 14: (2013) on the right of the child to have his or her best interests taken as a primary consideration
Children’s issues have become a greater priority on political agendas since the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The ethics of participatory research with children
This paper argues that ethical problems in research involving direct contact with children can be overcome by using a participatory approach.