“We know that our voices are valued, and that people are actually going to listen”: co-producing an evaluation of a young people’s research advisory group by Louca-Mai Brady, Jacqueline Miller, Eleri McFarlane-Rose, Jasmine Noor, Rhianne Noor, Annegret Dahlmann-Noor

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Can we respond mindfully to distressing voices? A systematic review of evidence for engagement, acceptability, effectiveness and mechanisms of change for mindfulness-based interven... by Clara eStrauss, Clara eStrauss, Neil eThomas, Mark eHayward, Mark eHayward

“…Adapted mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) could be of benefit for people distressed by hearing voices. This paper presents a systematic review of studies exploring this possibility and we ask five questions: (1) Is trait mindfulness associated with reduced distress and disturbance in relation to hearing voices? …”
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What do we know about voice endurance? by V. V. Shilenkova, V. V. Pevtsova

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LIVING TOGETHER IN DIVERSITY. A JOURNEY FROM SCHOLARLY VIEWS TO PEOPLE’S VOICES AND BACK by Marco Antonsich

“…Moving from scholarly perspectives to people’s voices and back, the article cautions against both the liberal/republican/civic approach which heralds political principles as the ties that can bind diverse people together and the factual/post-foundational approach which, being skeptical towards principles, values, and identities, looks for answers in everyday encounters and practices. …”
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‘We need someone to deliver our voices’: reflections from conducting remote qualitative research in Syria by Yazan Douedari, Mervat Alhaffar, Diane Duclos, Mohamed Al-Twaish, Samer Jabbour, Natasha Howard

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The voice of the florist. A message about we-ness awareness by Joanna Michopoulou

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Echoes of the Okavango Delta – Does the voice of people matter? by Anand Datla, Susanne Schmeier, Gabriela Cuadrado-Quesada, Ronald Mothobi

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“We want it to be a culture”: children and young people’s perceptions of what underpins and undermines education-based wellbeing provision by Ola Demkowicz, Kirsty Pert, Caroline Bond, Emma Ashworth, Alexandra Hennessey, Lucy Bray

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User-reported quality of care: findings from the first round of the People's Voice Survey in 14 countries by Todd P Lewis, PhD, Munir Kassa, MD, Neena R Kapoor, MSc, Catherine Arsenault, PhD, Rodrigo Bazua-Lobato, MD, Rashmi Dayalu, MPH, Günther Fink, PhD, Theodros Getachew, PhD, Prashant Jarhyan, PhD, Hwa-Young Lee, PhD, Agustina Mazzoni, MD, Jesus Medina-Ranilla, MD, Inbarani Naidoo, PhD, Ashenif Tadele, MSc, Margaret E Kruk, ProfMD

“…Summary: High-quality care is essential for improving health outcomes, although many health systems struggle to maintain good quality. We use data from the People's Voice Survey—a nationally representative survey conducted in 14 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries—to describe user-reported quality of most recent health care in the past 12 months. …”
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Population confidence in the health system in 15 countries: results from the first round of the People's Voice Survey by Kruk, ME, Kapoor, NR, Lewis, TP, Arsenault, C, Boutsikari, EC, Breda, J, Carai, S, Croke, K, Dayalu, R, Fink, G, Garcia, PJ, Kassa, M, Mohan, S, Moshabela, M, Nzinga, J, Oh, J, Okiro, EA, Prabhakaran, D, SteelFisher, GK, Tarricone, R, Garcia-Elorrio, E

“…Population confidence is essential to a well functioning health system. Using data from the People's Voice Survey—a novel population survey conducted in 15 low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries—we report health system confidence among the general population and analyse its associated factors. …”

Population confidence in the health system in 15 countries: results from the first round of the People's Voice Survey by Margaret E Kruk, ProfMD, Neena R Kapoor, MSc, Todd P Lewis, PhD, Catherine Arsenault, PhD, Eleni C Boutsikari, MSc, João Breda, PhD, Susanne Carai, MD, Kevin Croke, PhD, Rashmi Dayalu, MPH, Günther Fink, PhD, Patricia J Garcia, Munir Kassa, MD, Sailesh Mohan, MD, Mosa Moshabela, MBChB PhD, Jacinta Nzinga, PhD, Juhwan Oh, MD PhD, Emelda A Okiro, PhD, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, MD MSc, Gillian K SteelFisher, PhD, Rosanna Tarricone, PhD, Ezequiel Garcia-Elorrio, MD PhD

“…Summary: Population confidence is essential to a well functioning health system. Using data from the People's Voice Survey—a novel population survey conducted in 15 low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries—we report health system confidence among the general population and analyse its associated factors. …”
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“Attitudes to voices”: a survey exploring the factors influencing clinicians’ intention to assess distressing voices and attitudes towards working with young people who hear voices... by Aikaterini Rammou, Aikaterini Rammou, Clio Berry, Clio Berry, David Fowler, David Fowler, Mark Hayward, Mark Hayward

“…We applied the Theory of Planned Behavior and identified clinicians’ job attitudes, perceived behavioral control, and perceived subjective norms as putative predictors of their intent to assess voice-hearing in youth.MethodNine hundred and ninety-six clinicians from adult mental health services, 467 from Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) and Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) services and 318 primary care clinicians across the UK completed an online survey. …”
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Voices from a Pandemic

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Giving Them a Voice: Challenges to Narrative Agency in People with Dementia by Feliciano Villar, Rodrigo Serrat, Stephany Bravo-Segal

“…In this paper, we argue that the capacity for narrative agency is significantly compromised in individuals with dementia due to at least three factors: (a) Dementia itself, which causes increasing difficulties in constructing and articulating coherent and meaningful stories, and sharing them with others; (b) cultural narratives about dementia, which promote an extremely negative and pessimistic view of those with the disease; and (c) the convergence of these two last factors, which can lead to caregiving interactions that do not support storytelling and can even stop people with dementia from telling stories. …”
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VOICES OF WOMEN FROM THE FAVELAS by Angélica Ferrarez

“…This essay intends to make readers listen to the voices of women from the Maré favela complex located in Rio de Janeiro. …”
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Misguided and Modest: Reflections of Our Youth Voice Research by Annette Stride, Ruth Brazier, Hayley Fitzgerald

“…We explore the following questions: How can youth voice research engage with different young people to capture a diversity of voices? …”
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Review: Voices from the Wreckage: Young Adult Voices in the #MeToo Movement by Laura D'Amore

“…It is in that spirit that Kimberly Karshner brings forth Voices from the Wreckage: Young Adult Voices in the #MeToo Movement, a compilation of essays by a diverse group of international scholars who are examining YA literature as a “safe space for teens to realize that they’re not alone”, and as a crucial tool to connect “the young reader and adults and educators who can provide avenues toward healing and getting help” (xiv).…”
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Giving Voice to People With Dementia and Their Carers: The Impact of Communication Difficulties on Everyday Conversations by Anna Volkmer, Claudia Bruns, Vitor Zimmerer, Rosemary Varley, Suzanne Beeke

“…People living with dementia are an under-served group, whose voices are often excluded from research studies due to their speech, language and communication difficulties. …”
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Voicing the voiceless: unraveling the Master/Slave relationship in Nadine Gordimer's July's People by Majeed, Abdulhameed A., Singh, Hardev Kaur Jujar

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Smart Door for Handicapped People via Face Recognition and Voice Command Technique by Hanaa M. Salman, Rana T. Rasheed

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