在撒哈拉以南非洲的数据密集型健康研究中理解和处理知情同意:从多语言角度看的挑战和机遇
Lillian Omutoko1, George Rugare Chingarande2, Marietjie Botes3
1University of Nairobi, Kenya.
Research ethics
|August 14, 2025
概括
非洲的多语言主义在数据密集型研究中为知情同意提出了独特的挑战. 使用视觉辅助工具和多媒体可以提高理解能力和参与者的自主性,解决识字和语言障碍.
科学领域:
- 生物伦理学生物伦理学
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
- 社会语言学 社会语言学
背景情况:
- 非洲的语言多样性源于它的殖民过去,语言与文化认同深深地交织在一起.
- 非洲有2000多种语言,创造了复杂的沟通格局.
- 语言和文化多样性对数据密集型研究中获得知情同意的过程产生重大影响.
研究的目的:
- 探索非洲数据密集型研究的知情同意中的多语言主义的挑战和机遇.
- 确定除了传统翻译之外,协调与数据有关的术语和概念的替代机制.
- 评估多媒体在撒哈拉以南非洲的知情同意过程中的伦理和实际有效性.
主要方法:
- 探索多语言知情同意的挑战和机遇.
- 考虑其他协调机制,如图标和多媒体格式.
- 对撒哈拉以南非洲的研究伦理委员会 (REC) 的伦理考虑的审查.
主要成果:
- 传统翻译可能并不总是具有成本效益或在多语言的非洲环境中可行.
- 在知情同意表格中的视觉或多媒体解释可以提高理解力和减少漏洞.
- 多媒体可以增强信息传输,建立信任,并促进参与者的自主权.
结论:
- 视觉和多媒体内容是有价值的工具,但只是知情同意的一个组成部分.
- 研究伦理委员会必须考虑撒哈拉以南非洲多语言环境中数据密集型研究的独特挑战.
- 需要进一步探索以确定在这些情况下使用替代同意表格的伦理和有效性.
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