Re: institutional liability for research -Forwarded

["Anna Hagemeister" <AHAGEMEI@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is interesting. Doesn't your IRB also require that the you have parental permission to administer the questionnaire to minor children?
Annelies Hagemeister, MA, MSW
MINCAVA/School of Social Work
Univeristy of Minnesota

>>> karata@usouthal.edu 10/15/01 10:17AM >>>
We are about to do a study where we will be asking adolescents to complete the Child Trauma Questionnaire - the issue we are trying to determine is if responses to this questionnaire are sufficient to require a report   (they are not necessarily describing current abuse); furthermore, other than completing the survey (which will not be anonymous), we are not interviewing the child, so are we required to review each survey's responses and determine if these responses raise suspicion of abuse or not, and then make a report.  We are consulting with the University attorney and the local child welfare agency regarding opinions on the need to report, but I'd be interested to here how otehrs have dealt with this issue.  The attorney feels we should add a question regarding whether they are currenlty being abused and then, if they respond yes, make a report (the consent does state that we will report abuse, but its deciding the threshold that is the issue).

Catalina M. Arata, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL   36688

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