Mahad Rehman, Amber Nanni, Sruthi Suresh, Ibrahim Saleh, Sujata Dalal, Masuma Firoz, Monica Patel, Brandon Georges, Ahmed S Rehman, Karanjit S Kooner
Exploring Underrepresentation: The Role of Diversity Statements in Ophthalmology Residency Programs
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despite increased recognition right adolescents involved decisions affect young people continue underinvolved health research one reasons lack awareness among researchers current evidence base around benefits involving adolescents address conducted umbrella review synthesize evidence positive impacts adolescent involvement health research umbrella review preregistered prospero crd42021287467 searched 11 databases google scholar prospero reference lists 10 journals websites 472 organizations sought input experts ultimately included 99 review articles found adolescent involvement many positive impacts young people including increased knowledge skills personal development financial benefits career academic growth enhanced relationships valuing experience positive impacts adolescent involvement research include increased relevance study adolescents improved recruitment development adolescentfriendly materials enhanced data collection analysis effective dissemination researchers also benefited adolescents involvement increased knowledge skills shift attitudes evidence supporting positive impacts adolescent involvement research substantial limited lack rigorous evaluation inconsistent reporting unclear evaluation methods