Symposium: "Involving Young People in Research on Health & Wellbeing: Why it Matters, How it Works"

This symposium brings together social scientists and clinicians to consider why young people’s own perspectives on health and wellbeing matter, and how research and care practices can better take these into account. We ask:  
What becomes visible when young people are treated as experts in their own lives?  
How do different research methods make space for or occlude the perspectives of children and youth?  
What might we learn from the experiences of researchers studying young people’s wellbeing in different fields?  

The event is hosted by PERLA - Tampere Centre for Childhood, Youth and Family Research, and the Under Pressure and Parenting Pain  research projects.  

Programme  

10:15   Introduction and words of welcome Henni Alava &  Mia Tammelin  

10:20   Inspirations and frustrations in child-/youth-centred medical/health research  
Chair: Katriina Huttunen
4 x 10 minute snapshots from invited speakers:  

      Sauli Palmu, MD, PhD, Senior Clinical Instructor, TAU  and Chief Physician, TAYS

      Reetta Keränen, Music therapist & Doctoral Researcher, HUS

      Johanna Kaitsalmi, PhD, Registered Nurse & Educator, Kohtaamistaito

      Henni Alava, VTT, Academy Research Fellow, TAU 

11:15   Small-group reflection & summing up  

11:45   Lunch 

13:00   Keynote: The Power of Letting Children Shape the Agenda 
Associate Professor Jean Hunleth, Washington University in St. Louis
https://surgery.wustl.edu/research/labs/hunleth-lab/ 

13:30   Comments from discussant: Sauli Palmu 

13:45   Q & A 

14:00  Coffee 

14:15   Young people’s knowledge about the societal roots of ‘the mental health crisis’ 
Päivi Honkatukia, Jenni Kallio & Susanna Ågren; Youth Research, Tampere University UnderPressure 

15:00   Roundtable discussion with all the speakers 

15:40   Closing words