Participation of young people in process |
Availability of adolescent-specific data |
Developmental considerations |
Physical – puberty, pregnancy testing, brain development |
Cognitive development |
Psychosocial – including privacy and confidentiality, peer influences |
Recruitment and retention |
Consent, assent and right to refuse |
Non-responders |
Developmentally appropriate methods |
Data collection |
Choice of measure |
Specific methods, for example, focus groups |
Intervention design |
Use of new technologies |
Consideration of competing agendas |
Young person |
Parent and family |
Clinical personnel |
Research personnel |
Potential of non-categorical approach |
Issues arising at the paediatric-adult interface |