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Lyndsay Newett1,2, Rebekah McWhirter1,2, Lisa Eckstein1
1University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia.
概括
澳大利亚人信任人类研究伦理委员会 (HRECs) 在特定条件下批准在未经同意的情况下使用基因组数据,例如有利于未来研究和保护隐私. 公共信任也受到数据共享设置和个人特征的影响.
科学领域:
- 生物伦理学生物伦理学
- 基因组数据治理基因组数据治理
- 公众对研究的信任
背景情况:
- 澳大利亚的人类研究伦理委员会 (HREC) 面临着关于基因组数据使用的日益增长的要求.
- 对基因组数据研究的明确同意的豁免带来了复杂的伦理和公众信任挑战.
- 了解公众的看法对于开发基因组数据共享的伦理框架至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定澳大利亚人信任HRECs在没有明确同意的情况下批准基因组数据使用的情况.
- 检查基因组数据共享设置对公众信任的影响.
- 评估受访者属性对公众接受同意豁免的影响.
主要方法:
- 与澳大利亚参与者进行了一项大规模调查 (N=3013).
- 调查对象的信任水平是基于各种涉及基因组数据使用和同意豁免的场景来衡量的.
- 进行了统计分析,以将信任与特定情况,数据共享设置和参与者人口统计相关联.
主要成果:
- 当未来的研究被认为是有益的,当严格的隐私保护措施实施时,公众的信任就更高.
- 某些情况和数据共享设置显著影响公众对HREC决策的信任程度.
- 受访者的属性,如年龄,教育和先前的研究经验,也影响了对同意豁免的看法.
结论:
- 公众对HREC未经同意使用基因组数据的授权的信任是有条件的,并且取决于背景.
- 目前HREC用于授予同意豁免的标准可能不完全符合公众的期望.
- 需要进一步的对话和透明的政策来增强公众对基因组数据治理的信心.
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