Ethical considerations for conducting health disparities research in community health centers: a social-ecological perspective. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Community health centers (CHCs) provide optimal research settings. They serve a high-risk, medically underserved population in the greatest need of intervention. Low socioeconomic status renders this population particularly vulnerable to research misconduct. Traditional principles of research ethics are often applied to participants only. The social-ecological model offers a comprehensive framework for applying these principles across multiple levels (participants, providers, organizations, communities, and policy). Our experience with the Trial Using Motivational Interviewing, Positive Affect and Self-Affirmation in African-Americans with Hypertension, a randomized trial conducted in CHCs, led us to propose a new platform for discussing research ethics; examine the social, community, and political factors surrounding research conducted in CHCs; and recommend how future research should be conducted in such settings.

publication date

  • October 17, 2013

Research

keywords

  • Community Health Centers
  • Ethics, Research
  • Health Status Disparities
  • Research Design

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3828987

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84887306927

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301599

PubMed ID

  • 24134347

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 103

issue

  • 12