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Abstract
Research ethics issues for HIV/AIDS researchers in international settings – Perspectives from Canadian experience
J. Gahagan1, E. Sweeney1, C. Worthington2, D. Perry3, F. Satzinger4, E. Rogers5
Issues: The Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR) strives to promote excellence in HIV/AIDS research. CAHR has developed Research Ethics Issues for HIV/AIDS Researchers in International Settings - Perspectives from Canadian Experience in consultation with international and Canadian experts from research, policy, government, and community and civil society organizations. The experiences of Canadian HIV/AIDS researchers working in international research contexts were utilized to produce a collection of scenarios reflecting important ethics issues encountered throughout the research process.
Description: Research Ethics Issues for HIV/AIDS Researchers in International Settings offers a practical tool for researchers with an interest in international HIV/AIDS research. It incorporates the guiding ethical principles and values of the Canadian Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS) and addresses all four of CAHR’s research tracks (basic science, clinical science, public health and epidemiology, and social science). The research scenarios were based on ten key informant interviews with prominent Canadian HIV/AIDS scientists with international research experience to highlight important structural, cultural, political, social, and economic factors that impact research.
Lessons learned: This tool serves to expand, illuminate and advance discussion on ethics issues in international HIV/AIDS research from a variety of disciplines. It examines the unique nature of international HIV/AIDS research that is contextualized by:
1) Stigma and culturally-embedded conceptualizations of HIV;
2) Local and global politics and economics;
3) Gender inequities, power dynamics and sexual roles; and
4) Allocation and availability of resources for research and health services.
Next steps: International HIV/AIDS research poses unique ethical challenges. It is hoped that Research Ethics Issues for HIV/AIDS Researchers in International Settings will provide guidance learned from Canadian experience for those who work towards a meaningful contribution to the struggle against HIV/AIDS through high quality and ethically sound research.
AIDS 2008 - XVII International AIDS Conference
Abstract no.
MOPE1086
Suggested Citation
"J.Gahagan, et al.
Research ethics issues for HIV/AIDS researchers in international settings – Perspectives from Canadian experience.
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AIDS 2008 - XVII International AIDS Conference:
Abstract no.
MOPE1086"
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