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Service User Involvement in Research: Panacea or Pretence
Dr Hugh McLaughlinUniversity of Salford
Levels of Involvement
Tokenism
Consultation
Collaboration
Service User Controlled
Benefits for the young co-researcher
Self esteem, confidence
Employability
Citizenship
Valuing of work
Remuneration
Ownership
Benefits for the adult researcher
Better understanding
Access to young people’s views and priorities
Energy, contagious
Synergy
Fun
Benefits to the Research
Identify questions overlooked, prioritizingAccess to language and understandingUser-friendliness of toolsRange and quality of data enhanced YP raise issues with other young people they would not raise with an adultPresentation of results
Costs to the co-researchers
Opportunity time
Training
Exploitation
Stereotypes
Costs to the adult researcher
Time
Recruitment
Resources
Writing up
Energy
Opportunity costs
Ethics committees
Costs to the research
Time
Training
Support
Legal demands
Remuneration
Expect the unexpected
Research Tasks
Research application
Research design
Interviewing/Questionnaires
Analysis
Writing up
Publicising
ContradictionsService User to researcher
Methodologies – knowledge construction
‘Nothing about us without us’
Othering
Non-service users
Outcomes and processes
Useful PublicationsFraser, S. Lewis, V. Ding, S. Kellet, M. and Robinson, C. (eds.) (2004) Doing Research with Children and Young People, London: SageKirby, P. (2004) A Guide to Involving Young People as Researchers, Eastleigh: Involve , www.invo.org.ukLewis, A. and Lindsay, G. (eds.) (2000) Researching Children’s Perspectives, Buckingham: Open University PressMcLaughlin, H (2006) Understanding Social Work Research, London: Sage, McLaughlin, H. (forthcoming) Involving Young Service Users as Co-researchers: Possibilities, benefits and costs, British Journal of Social Work.McLaughlin, H. (2005) Young service users as co-researchers: methodological problems and possibilities; Qualitative Social Work, 4: (2) 211-228.McLaughlin, H. et al. (2004) Willing Participants, Community Care, 17-23rd March, p36-7Smith, R. Monaghan, M. and Broad, B. (2002) ‘Involving Young People as Co-Researchers’, Qualitative Social Work, 1 (2) 191-207