You put yourself in a tough legal position if you accept......I would
reject and
ask them to replicate with properly informed participants and guardians. Hard
thing. As chair of our IRB I had to deny acceptance of a dissertation in which
proper informed consent was not obtained--well, in fact, the study had never
come before the board. It was a complicated mess when after the fact the
researcher tried to have it pass. The project involved oral story telling of
extremely sensitive racial and political events from which the story tellers
could almost certainly be identified. This vulnerability, with no protective
safe-guards in place, much as that encountered with children, was prominently
important. The hardest decision of my life :(
Annette
Quoting Traci Giuliano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Mike,
Thanks for verifying; this is pretty much what I thought. Would you
(and/or other Tipsters) recommend rejecting an otherwise sound
manuscript based on this objection? I'd be interested in any opinions
on this.
Cheers,
Traci
Traci, this is almost universally inappropriate (the only exception
I know of to
NOT get parental consent is when the child is abused or neglected by
his/her parents or guardians). However, there may be other rare cases
when it's justified, but the local IRB must determine that. As a former IRB
member, I can't think of another context in which I would say that getting
a teacher's permission is enough (although getting a Principal's and
teacher's permission is also likely to be necessary for a school-based
study).
See the national guidelines regarding children and consent at:
http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/guidance/45cfr46.htm#46.408
-Mike
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Research ethics question: in loco parentis permission
I've come across more than one occasion in manuscripts I've reviewed
recently that researchers get a school teacher or headmaster's
permission "in loco parentis" for research participants younger than
18. Is this acceptable? Does anyone know APA's stance on this?
Thanks,
Traci
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