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Informed-consent issues with adolescent health behavior research.

R Scott Olds1

  • 1Department of Health Promotion and Education, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA. rolds@kent.edu

American Journal of Health Behavior
|December 16, 2003
PubMed
Summary

Informed consent in adolescent health research requires careful consideration of assent, capacity, and parental permission. Waivers may be permissible in specific circumstances to ensure research integrity.

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Area of Science:

  • Adolescent Health
  • Bioethics
  • Research Methodology

Background:

  • Adolescent health behavior research presents unique ethical challenges.
  • Informed consent processes require careful navigation within this population.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify and analyze informed-consent issues in adolescent health behavior research.
  • To provide a comprehensive overview of ethical considerations for researchers.

Main Methods:

  • A systematic literature review was conducted.
  • Searched diverse academic fields for relevant studies on informed consent in adolescent research.

Main Results:

  • Key issues identified include defining consent, assent, and permission.
Keywords:
Biomedical and Behavioral Research

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  • Adolescent capacity, risk assessment, and legal considerations were significant findings.
  • Parental permission complexities were also highlighted.

    • Conclusions:

    • Maintaining research integrity necessitates obtaining adolescent informed consent consistently.
    • Waiver of parental permission may be warranted in specific adolescent health behavior research contexts.
    • Ethical guidelines must be rigorously applied to protect adolescent participants.