A case study of researchers’ knowledge and opinions about the ethical review process for research in Botswana:

Research Ethics

DimphoRalefala¹ 

关键词: Botswana;    ethical review;    institutional review board;    knowledge;    opinions;    research ethics committee;   

DOI  :  10.1177/1747016116677250

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Most countries, including Botswana, have established Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) to provide oversight of research involving human beings. Although much has been published on the structure and function of IRBs around the world, there is less literature that empirically describes the perspectives of stakeholders in low- and middle-income country (LMIC) settings regarding IRB processes. In this study, we employed primarily quantitative methods to examine the perceptions of researchers at the University of Botswana (UB) about the review of research protocols by local IRBs. Data were collected using a web-based survey (SurveyMonkey1). This was a preliminary effort to document some of the emerging experiences of researchers with ethics review in a context where both research and research oversight are relatively new. Findings from 85 researchers indicate that researchers recognized the need for an IRB to review all human research protocols, expressed the need for research ethics training, experienced hig...

【 授权许可】

CC BY