SynthesisJournal of bioethical inquiry2024
Ethical Considerations in Research With People From Refugee and Asylum Seeker Backgrounds: A Systematic Review of National and International Ethics Guidelines.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Ethical Conduct of Research with Migrants and Refugees: A Systematic Qualitative Review of Ethics Guidelines.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026Pooled it
- Lessons Learned from Exploring Sexual Health Among Migrant and Refugee Women and Men in South Australia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Cancer without borders: Policy frameworks for oncology care in humanitarian and conflict settings.Oncotarget · 2026Review
- Global Emergency Medicine: A Scoping Review of the Literature From 2024.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026Article
- Can we protect refugee children from mental health problems?- a scoping review of modifiable factors to inform preventive interventions.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Exploring moral distress in research students in a paediatric humanitarian research setting: a qualitative study from the Mavrovouni closed controlled access center, Lesvos, Greece.BMC medical ethics · 2026Article
- Balancing ethical and practical dilemmas: feasibility of a cluster randomised internal pilot trial of Teaching Recovery Techniques with accompanied refugee children in Sweden.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2026Article
- Association between mental health screening and healthcare utilization among refugees and asylum seekers in Sweden: A retrospective cohort study.Journal of migration and health · 2026Article
- Ethical Principles and Practices in HIV Acquisition Research in Humanitarian Crises: A Cross-Sectional Study.The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics · 2026Article
- Binational patterns in use of Food is Medicine among Mexican immigrants.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Patient and Public Involvement with Forced Migrants: An Empirical Exploration of Ethical Issues.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2025Article
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Abstract
Refugees and asylum seekers may experience challenges related to pre-arrival experiences, structural disadvantage after migration and during resettlement requiring the need for special protection when participating in research. The aim was to review if and how people with refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds have had their need for special protection addressed in national and international research ethics guidelines. A systematic search of grey literature was undertaken. The search yielded 2187 documents of which fourteen met the inclusion criteria. Few guidelines addressed specific ethical considerations for vulnerable groups much less people with refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds. One guideline explicitly addressed vulnerability for refugees and asylums seekers. To ensure members of ethics committees and researchers consider the potential challenges of conducting research with these groups, guidelines may need to be supplemented with a refugee and asylum seeker specific research ethics framework. Such a framework may be necessary to optimally protect people with refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds in research.
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