Take a look at an abstract of my research into exploring the views of children and young people about their experiences of being involved in the design and conduct of health research.

This year has been the most difficult and ‘surreal’ experience we have ever encountered.  Who would have thought waking up on January 1st full of enthusiasm and excitement that most of us feel for the coming year would turn out the way it has?  The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives completely and the true... Continue Reading →

Blog written by Jenny Preston This is the third and final post in a series of a project to raise awareness about antibiotic resistance to audiences of children and young people.  In part 1 we discussed the increased risk of antibiotic resistance, which poses one of the greatest global public health threats of our time.... Continue Reading →

Digital technology and children's rights Digital technology has already changed our world – and as more and more children go online, it is also impacting their experience of childhood. More than 9 out of 10 children in the UK aged 5–15 go online, and this increases with age, ranging from 52% of 3–4 year olds... Continue Reading →

Continuing the theme of ‘improving medicines for children’ we are working with the European Paediatric Translational Research Infrastructure (EPTRI), who are asking children (under the age of 18 years) around the world to complete a short questionnaire about how much they like the medicines they take, and how would they like their medicines to be. EPTRI... Continue Reading →

One of the biggest problems faced by researchers working with children and young people is understanding the ethical and legal frameworks that researchers need to follow to successfully undertake research in an ethical manner. To overcome these problems the Health Research Authority offer training (3 days per year) entitled 'The Ethical Issues of Research Involving Children'... Continue Reading →

This is the second post in a series on how we are raising awareness about antibiotics to audiences of children and young people.  In part 1 we discussed the increased risk of antibiotic resistance, which poses one of the greatest global public health threats of our time. Antibiotics that were once life-saving are becoming of... Continue Reading →

Rapsodies of antibiotic awareness Increased resistance to antibiotics poses one of the greatest global public health threats of our time. In a recent University of Liverpool Science and Society debate, Professor Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer for England and Chief Medical Advisor to the UK government spoke about the global challenges of antimicrobial resistance.... Continue Reading →

This is the second post in a series on improving the way we communicate with children, young people and families about participating in health research. In Part 1 entitled 'Its all Gobbledegook' I highlighted that writing for patients (especially young patients) and their families about a particular piece of health research or clinical trial is quite... Continue Reading →