ArticleJournal of empirical research on human research ethics : JERHRE2022
Consent Requirements for Testing Health Policies: An Intercontinental Comparison of Expert Opinions.
Astrid Berner-Rodoreda, Shannon McMahon, Nir Eyal, Puspita Hossain, Atonu Rabbani, Mrittika Barua, Malabika Sarker, Emmy Metta, Elia Mmbaga, Melkizedeck Leshabari and 2 more
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5 · Who and what moneyAuthors and funding
12 authors at 8 institutions in 6 countries.
Shannon McMahonHeidelberg Institute of Global Health, 9144Heidelberg University, Germany.
Nir EyalDepartment of Health, Behavior, Society and Policy, 242612Rutgers University, Piscataway, USA.
Puspita Hossain3710McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Atonu RabbaniBRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, 246826BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Mrittika BaruaBRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, 246826BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Malabika SarkerHeidelberg Institute of Global Health, 9144Heidelberg University, Germany.
Emmy MettaSchool of Public Health and Social Sciences, 92976Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Elia MmbagaSchool of Public Health and Social Sciences, 92976Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Melkizedeck LeshabariSchool of Public Health and Social Sciences, 92976Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Daniel Wikler1857Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Global Health and Population, Boston, USA.
Till BärnighausenHeidelberg Institute of Global Health, 9144Heidelberg University, Germany.
Heidelberg University · DEMuhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences · TZBRAC University · BDHarvard Global Health Institute · USJohns Hopkins University · USRadboud University Nijmegen · NLRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USUniversity of Dhaka · BD
Funding
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PREDICTORS OF PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONP01AG041710 · NIA · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI LISA F BERKMAN · 2013 to 2026
$37.3MTraining Tanzanian Researchers for HIV/AIDS Implementation ScienceD43TW009775 · FIC · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI Wafaie W Fawzi, Christopher Sudfeld · 2015 to 2026
$3.0MNew Methods for the design and evaluation of large HIV prevention interventionsR01AI112339 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SPIEGELMAN, DONNA L · 2014 to 2017
$2.7MCausal Pathways to population health impact of HIV antiretroviral treatmentR01HD084233 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL · PI BARNIGHAUSEN, TILL, TANSER, FRANK COURTENEY · 2015 to 2021
$2.3MCan HIV Hot-Spots be eradicated? An intervention to decrease HIV transmission to young women in rural KwaZulu-Natal South AfricaR01AI124389 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL · PI BARNIGHAUSEN, TILL, TANSER, FRANK COURTENEY · 2016 to 2020
$2.1MFIC NIH HHS D43 TW009775NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI112339NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI124389NIA NIH HHS P01 AG041710NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD084233Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 208766/Z/17/Z
6 · The paper itselfAbstract
Individual informed consent is a central requirement for clinical research on human subjects, yet whether and how consent requirements should apply to health policy experiments (HPEs) remains unclear. HPEs test and evaluate public health policies prior to implementation. We interviewed 58 health experts in Tanzania, Bangladesh and Germany on informed consent requirements for HPEs. Health experts across all countries favored a strong evidence base, prior information to the affected populations, and individual consent for 'risky' HPEs. Differences pertained to individual risk perception, how and when consent by group representatives should be obtained and whether HPEs could be treated as health policies. The study adds to representative consent options for HPEs, yet shows that more research is needed in this field - particularly in the present Covid-19 pandemic which has highlighted the need for HPEs nationally and globally.
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COVID-19Health PolicyHumansInformed ConsentPandemicsand burdens of research/ beneficence and non-maleficencebenefitsbioethicsdeveloping countriesin-depth interviewsinformed consentinternational researchpublic health researchresearch ethicsrisks
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