Evaluation in health promotion: thoughts from inside a human research ethics committee
Judy Allen A C and Felicity Flack BA Faculty of Law, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
B Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, PO Box 855, West Perth, WA 6872, Australia.
C Corresponding author. Email: judy.allen@uwa.edu.au
Health Promotion Journal of Australia 26(3) 182-185 https://doi.org/10.1071/HE15062
Submitted: 14 June 2015 Accepted: 7 September 2015 Published: 5 November 2015
Abstract
Health promotion research, quality improvement and evaluation are all activities that raise ethical issues. In this paper, the Chair and a member of human research ethics committees provide an insiders’ point of view on how to demonstrate ethical conduct in health promotion research and quality improvement. Several common issues raised by health promotion research and evaluation are discussed including researcher integrity, conflicts of interest, use of information, consent and privacy.
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