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ArticleJournal of bioethical inquiry2014

Post-approval monitoring and oversight of U.S.-initiated human subjects research in resource-constrained countries.

Brandon Brown, Janni Kinsler, Morenike O Folayan, Karen Allen, Carlos F Cáceres

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Article in Journal of bioethical inquiry, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Consent Requirements for Testing Health Policies: An Intercontinental Comparison of Expert Opinions.Journal of empirical research on human research ethics : JERHRE · 2022
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5 authors.

Brandon BrownProgram in Public Health, Department of Population Health & Disease Prevention, University of California, Irvine, 653 E. Peltason Drive, 2024 AIRB, Irvine, CA, 92697-3957, USA, Brandon.brown@uci.edu.
Janni Kinsler
Morenike O Folayan
Karen Allen
Carlos F Cáceres

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The history of human subjects research and controversial procedures in relation to it has helped form the field of bioethics. Ethically questionable elements may be identified during research design, research implementation, management at the study site, or actions by a study's investigator or other staff. Post-approval monitoring (PAM) may prevent violations from occurring or enable their identification at an early stage. In U.S.-initiated human subjects research taking place in resource-constrained countries with limited development of research regulatory structures, arranging a site visit from a U.S. research ethics committee (REC) becomes difficult, thus creating a potential barrier to regulatory oversight by the parent REC. However, this barrier may be overcome through the use of digital technologies, since much of the world has at least remote access to the Internet. Empirical research is needed to pilot test the use of these technologies for research oversight to ensure the protection of human subjects taking part in research worldwide.

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Developing CountriesEthics Committees, ResearchEthics, ResearchInternetResearchBioethicsHealth ResourcesHuman ExperimentationHumansUnited States

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