Process and experience of youth researchers within a Health Promoting Schools study in Nova Scotia, Canada.

ABSTRACT: Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) is an approach to research that engages youth across the research process. The peer researcher method is a technique used in YPAR where youth are trained in research and ethics to interview their peers. The purpose of this study was to: (i) describe the process of engaging youth as peer researchers in a Health Promoting Schools (HPS) and student engagement project and (ii) understand the peer researchers' perspectives of their experience throughout the project. Youth from across Nova Scotia, Canada in grades 7-10 (ages 12-16) were recruited as peer researchers in the Summer, 2022. The project included three stages: (i) peer researcher training, (ii) practicing, recruiting and conducting interviews and (iii) data interpretation workshop. To underst

SUBMITTER: Kontak JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10733659 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature