Implementing a youth advisory board to inform adolescent health and medication safety research

Olufunmilola Abraham; Claire A. Rosenberger; Vivian Osei Poku

doi:10.1016/j.sapharm.2022.12.003

Implementing a youth advisory board to inform adolescent health and medication safety research

Olufunmilola Abraham, Claire A. Rosenberger, Vivian Osei Poku

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Abstract

Adolescents are a crucial, yet underrepresented population for health service researchers to study. Nevertheless, youth are rarely included in the design, implementation, and evaluation of research. There is a lack of literature describing adolescents as advisors in health services research in pharmacy. The creation of a youth advisory board (YAB) provides a platform for youth to contribute to the design and implementation of research aimed at improving health and medication use in the pediatric population. This commentary describes the development, benefits, challenges, and lessons learned from the first YAB at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) Collaborative Research on MEdication use & family health (CRoME) Lab alongside feedback from the youth members.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	681-685
Number of pages	5
Journal	Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Volume	19
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2022.12.003
State	Published - Apr 2023

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Funding

This study was supported by KL2 grant KL2 TR002374-03 and grant UL1TR002373 to the University of Wisconsin Institute for Clinical and Translational Research by the Clinical and Translational Science Award program, through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences . The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. Sponsors had no further role in study design, data collection or analysis, or writing and submission.

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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

Keywords

Adolescent health
Community-based participatory research
Medication safety
Pediatric population
Youth advisory board

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical Science

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Implementing a youth advisory board to inform adolescent health and medication safety research

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