EBP Ch.5

EBP Ch.5

1. Belmont Report (1978)

   • Beneficence
     • do good, avoid harm
   • Respect for human dignity
     • right to participate in the study voluntarily
     • Example of a violation
       • covert observation
         • looking at a participant via a one way mirror
   • Justice
     • fair treatment
       • debriefing sessions
         • opportunity to air complaints, provides participants with more info
       • Vulnerable Populations
         • Children
           • should be asked for their assent through parents consent
         • pregnant women
         • mentally ill
         • prisoners
         • terminally ill
     • privacy
       • HIPPA
       • anonymity
         • researchers themselves don't know the participant's identities
         • formal confidentiality procedures
           • certificate of confidentiality
             • protects against a forced disclosure of confidential info through a court order
   • issued by the commission of protective human services of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, covers research by US Gov't

2. QUANTitative

   • informed consent
     • informed/understand
     • voluntarily signs

3. Qualitative

   • Process consent
     • consent needs to be renegotiated with participants as the study evolves

4. External Review

   • International Review Board (human subjects committee)
     • to avoid forms of research misconduct
       • plagiarism
       • fabrication of results
       • falsification of data

5. Ethical Dilemma

   • when the rights of study participants are in conflict with research demands for methodologic rigor

6. Benefits of a study to participants are usually indirect

   • company or company's cause instead of the people