Ethical Issues in Community-Based Research and Intervention

Abstract

(from the chapter) ethical issues arise at each stage of community-based research and intervention divide community-based research and intervention into six stages: (1) selecting the setting in which to address the research problem, (2) designing the research or intervention to fit the setting, (3) recruiting subjects, (4) collecting data, (5) data handling, analysis, storage and ownership, and (6) disseminating findings some of the most complex and poorly understood ethical issues are likely to arise in the first three stages, which are the focus of this chapter provides guidelines for gaining sensitivity to the interests and culture of gatekeepers and subjects in community-based research, and for developing a flexible research plan that is responsive to the exigencies of community-based settings in discussing community-based research, we focus on research on drug abuse and AIDS, distinguishing between street-based and clinic-based projects, which require considerably different skills and methods of gaining access (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2003 APA, all rights reserved).