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Understanding constraints and enablers of turnaround time for ethics review
(2019)Background Independent ethics review is one of the fundamental principles of research ethics. The body of literature has documented increasing bureaucratic delays associated with ethics review, which has impacted the start ... -
Preparing medical students to recognize and respond to gender based violence: a mixed method study in SouthWest Nigeria.
(2018)Background: Medical practitioners are ideally positioned to mitigate the impact of violence on the health of women. Not only are they well placed to educate students but also to screen and treat victims of violence. However, ... -
An evaluation of ethical concerns raised by a Ugandan Research Ethics Committee using the principles and benchmarks proposed by Emanuel et al. (2008).
(2020)Research Ethics Committees (RECs) serve several important public functions, including ensuring that research participants are protected in addition to provision of a public forum for the accountability of researchers. As ... -
Research ethics committee member insights into the structures, processes, responsibilities and needs of health research ethics committees in Malawi: a mixed methods.
(2019)Background: The dearth of studies on the composition and functioning of Malawi’s research ethics committees (RECs)prompted this study. The aim of the study was to describe Malawi’s two health RECs. Towards better understanding ... -
How do Kenyan research fieldworkers conceptualize the consenting process? implication for training in health research ethics.
(2017)Fieldworkers are an important cadre of research staff due to the critical roles they play in health research not just in Africa but globally. In Africa, most international research centres employ fieldworkers to provide ... -
Knowledge and perception of health research ethics among health care professionals at Greys hospital Pietermaritzburg – South Africa.
(2016)To explore familiarity and awareness of codes and regulations related to the conduct and practice of research ethics among health care professionals. Furthermore, to establish the level of knowledge of research ethics and ... -
Exploring communication strategies that promote sound informed consent for HIV vaccine trials.
(2017)The development of an HIV vaccine is a foremost universal health priority, necessitating research with human volunteers. It has been internationally accepted that informed consent is a fundamental ethical requirement for ... -
Stakeholder perspectives on informed consent and ethics review of research involving human specimen resource repositories (biobanks) in South Africa : a quantitative study.
(2017)On-going research has made the use of human biological materials and genetic material/data for biomedical research an area of high interest to researchers, bioethicists, philosophers, lawyers and various regulatory bodies. ...
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