Consent and community engagement (CE) in health research are two aspects of a single concern-that research is carried out in a respectful manner where social value is maximized. There are important overlaps and interdependencies between consent and CE; for example, CE can provide insights into how best to tailor consent to context and can be […]
Hyder, A.A. et al. (2014) Ethical review of health systems research in low and middle income countries: a conceptual exploration American Journal of Bioethics. 14(2): 28-37 Hyder and colleagues provide a framework to begin to think about ethics in health systems research. They prompt us to consider eight different areas: (1) the nature of intervention; (2) types of […]
Hyder, A.A. et al. (2014) The ethics of health systems research in low- and middle-income countries: A call to action. Global Public Health. 9(9): 1008-1022 This article draws on learning from a two-day workshop on the ethics of health systems research in low- and middle-income countries. The article explores emerging ethical issues such as units of […]
This issue of Developing World Bioethics includes a collection of papers on intermediary staff and volunteers working at the interface between research institutions and researchers, and the communities from which research participants are recruited. ‘Field worker’ – a short hand commonly used in many research settings – refers here to those whose main role is […]
Molyneux C, Goudge J, Russell S, Chuma J, Gumede T and Gilson L (2009) Conducting health-related social science research in low income settings: ethical dilemmas faced in Kenya and South Africa, Journal of International Development Volume 21, Issue 2 The value of the social sciences is increasingly recognised in health services and clinical research, contributing to […]