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| Insitutional Review Board |
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responsible for protecting the rights and welfare of human research subjects.
RESPECT - Respect for persons involves a recognition of the personal dignity and autonomy of individuals, and special protection of those persons with diminished autonomy
Beneficence entails an obligation to protect persons from harm by maximizing anticipated benefits and minimizing possible risks of harm
Justice requires that the benefits and burdens of research be distributed fairly
You must get approval from the IRB before any research may begin |
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Confidentiality
Consent
compliment research
Follows state and federal laws
no conflict of interest |
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| Key sources of ethical practice and conflit resolution |
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www.hhs.gov/ohrp/rsearchfaq.html
researchcompliance.uc.edu/irb
http://www.nasponline.org/standards/ethics.aspx |
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Make sure the subject is competent in making a meaninful decison to participate
make sure they are knowledgable of research, alternatives available, risks and benefits
make sure they are not coerced or pressured into participating and know that at any time they can withdrawl from the study with no consequences
make sure they know the purpose and the procedures and any foreseeable risks and discomforts
make sure they know the benfefits of the research and the time constraints.
make sure they know if there is going to be compensation for participation
give them a person to contact for answers or future questions
make sure they know about confidentiality |
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| Assent means a childs affirmative agreement to participate in research. Consent is needed from parents, assent is needed from those actually participating. |
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| Misrepresenting resarch or findings. You may need deciption for the resarch, but this should be approved by the IRB and there should be debriefing afterwards |
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| Intruding on a persons privacy |
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| Ensuring that information obtained is only accessable to those who have access. Those who give consent should be aware of those who will be accessing information |
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| Conflict of interest and Dual relationship |
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| Relationships with persons and organizations that may impari objectivity, possible harm or explotation. |
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| Steps with concerns about unethical colleague |
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Attempt Direct Resolution - try to confront the college on your own esteem
Mediated Resolution - bring someone in to help mediate a meeting and find a resolution
Appeal - go to a legal entity |
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Functional assessment - what is the function of the reinforcer and is it reinforcing for the person?
food safety and dietary issues - can the subject have the food? is it going to cause more harm than good? |
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| Susceptibility to emotional injury |
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| Unpleasant stimuli - can be used as a punisher. Must not be proven to be more risk than good. Must be approved by the IRB |
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| Evidenced based Treatment |
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| using an intervention that is data supported and shown to be effective |
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| Least Restrictive treatment |
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| An intervention that is the least invasive and uses the least ammount of aversives |
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| Waiting to begin an intervention after baseline - prolonged baseline |
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| Intrusion of ones personal life without cause |
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| How IRB determines or judges "risk" |
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| What are the prosumed effects of the research? is it the most effective procedure? Is it in the 'least restrictive' intervention? Is it an aversive or punishment procedure? Can the environment support the intervention? |
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| Children who are wards of the state |
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| Courts or welfare officials can give persmission. This group can be seen as the most saught out group and can be easily taken advantage of. |
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Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects
http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/policy/common.html |
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