Arthritis (young people)

Special thanks

Our special thanks go to the young people and parents who shared their stories with us.  A big thanks also goes out to the families, health professionals and charities that helped with recruitment, including National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society (NASS), Arthritis Care, and the Children’s Chronic Arthritis Association (CCAA).  We would also like to thank Arthritis Research UK for funding the project.

Further acknowledgements

We would like to thank Dr Janet McDonagh and Dr Helen Salisbury for providing clinical advice throughout the project. 

Advisory Panel

Michelle Grainger
Information Content Manager, Arthritis Research UK
Janine Hackett
Head of Occupational Therapy, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Emma Inness
Nurse Specialist in Paediatric Rheumatology, Oxford Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology Centre 
Dr Konrad Jacobs
Consultant Clinical Psychologist, The Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital and The Children’s Hospital, Oxford
Bernadette Johnson
Senior Physiotherapist, Samuel Johnson Hospital, Staffs
Eunice Godbold
Nurse Specialist in Paediatric Rheumatology, Oxford Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology Centre
David Lewis
Youth Advisory Board Member and young person representative
Dr Janet E McDonagh
Clinical Senior Lecturer in Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology, University of Birmingham & Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Ulla Räisänen
Senior Qualitative Researcher, Health Experiences Research Group, Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford
Dr Karen Shaw
Research Fellow/Psychologist, Health and Population Sciences , University of Birmingham
Charlotte Stacey
Young person representative
Dr Nick Wilkinson
Consultant Paediatric Rheumatologist, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
Keir Windsor
Education Manager Arthritis Research UK
Sue Ziebland
Director, Health Experiences Research Group, Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford

Supported by:
Arthritis Research UK

Grant holders:
Sue Ziebland
Ann Mcpherson
Janet E McDonagh
Maria Salinas
Graham Shaw