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YOUNG PEOPLE’S ADVISORY GROUP - A group of children and/or young people with lived experience who are actively involved in research. Engaging YPAGs with research projects shifts the role of children and young people from research subjects to research partners who are part of the research design. YPAGs are beneficial to both young people as a forum to learn about and influence health research, and to researchers as co-designers and communicators about research feasibility and appropriateness. The McPin Foundation Young People’s Network and the European YPAG Network are excellent resources for researchers to learn about and collaborate with YPAGs

YPAG - see YOUNG PEOPLE’S ADVISORY GROUP

YOUTH WORKER - A youth worker is someone who uses rights-based, person-centred relationships to engage with young people to promote their social, emotional, and personal development using informal education approaches.