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Review
. 2023 May 4:11:1122479.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1122479. eCollection 2023.

Aligning clinical research ethics with community-engaged and participatory research in the United States

Milton Mickey Eder  1
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Aligning clinical research ethics with community-engaged and participatory research in the United States

Milton Mickey Eder. Front Public Health. .

Abstract

The professional role in ethical review of research in which boards review proposed research involving human beings continues to evolve. The scholarly literature on institutional review boards in academic centers of the United States, at which a majority of the community engaged and participatory research emanates and is reviewed, suggests the need to implement changes in board education, the infrastructure supporting review, and the accountability of review. The recommendations for change advanced in this perspective involve enhancing reviewer knowledge of local community contexts and developing an infrastructure that supports engagement in and dialogue among individuals involved in community-academic research to inform ethical review and the assessment of review outcomes. Additionally, recommendations regarding putting an institutional infrastructure in place are advanced in order to sustain community engaged and participatory research. The infrastructure can also support the collection and review of outcome data as the foundation of accountability. The recommendations outlined intend to improve clinical research ethics reviews of community-engaged and participatory research.

Keywords: clinical research; community; community engaged; community-based participatory research; ethics; institutional review board; participatory; review.

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The author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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