From the Voice of a Survivor: What Researchers Should Know When Partnering with Male Survivors Watch Video Mr. Christopher Anderson, the former Executive Director of MaleSurvivor, a non-profit organization devoted to helping male trauma survivors heal, narrates a web-based video designed to answer questions researchers may have about working with trauma survivors as key partners…

Watch Video This video is a web-based training designed for health care researchers to understand, “The Importance of the Trauma Survivor Community Driving Research.” It provides information on how it is not only feasible to involve trauma survivors and their families in health care research, but how their participation is essential to the conduct and…

Watch Video It is estimated that 1 in 6 boys are sexually abused by the time of their 18th birthday (e.g., Briere & Elliot, 2003; Holmes & Slap, 1998). However, the majority of the research on sexual abuse, including the development and testing of psychosocial interventions, focuses primarily on women. Men and boys who have experienced…

Watch Video This video is a web-based training designed for trauma survivors to demystify research and present an introduction to research design and methodology, data collection, analysis and interpretation. The roles and responsibilities of involvement as trauma survivors as equitable partners in research as well as privacy, confidentiality, and legal protections including IRB and HIPAA…

Sexual abuse is an international problem and an often overlooked public health issue for men and boys. Given the prevalence of trauma and its well documented connection to mental and physical health disorders, the relevance of male survivor input and engagement in health care research is profound. As part of an engagement project funded by…