​We are conducting a scoping review to examine and describe how researchers engage children and adolescents in the design of research on puberty, or research that uses measures of puberty.

We are including research studies of all kinds, and not only research with published papers.  The protocol for the scoping review can be read here.  

 

If you are a researcher who has ever involved young people in any part of the research processes (not including as a research participant) we'd like to include your work in this scoping review.  We welcome inquiries and any sharing of sources that describe involvement of adolescents in research on puberty , or using measures of puberty - just get in touch with Andrea Marshall (click this link to email her).

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Supporting children and adolescents to participate in research on puberty can be achieved by including the voice of young people in the development of research via patient-public involvement processes, or other community-engaged methods.   The  UN Convention on the Rights of the Child requires researchers to incorporate adolescent voices in adolescent-related matters, yet it is estimated that <20% of studies on adolescence engage with adolescents at any phase of the study, other than as participants (Nagata, et al., 2025).

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