Ethical Guidelines for Military-Based Health Research: an Unmet Need in Africa?
S. Afr. j. bioeth. law
;
8(2): 11-16, 2015.
Article
in English
| AIM
| ID: biblio-1270229
ABSTRACT
"Background:
Achieving the highest standards of ethics in military health research is a challenging but crucial undertaking. The military environment is complex and African military health professionals struggle to maintain a balance between ethics and military ethos. The objective of this paper is to review ten existing research ethics guidelines for their application to the military context; and describe the need for guidance in military research ethics in sub-Saharan Africa.Method:
To achieve this; five prominent international research ethics guidelines and five African guidelines were selected using some inclusion/exclusion criteria. Thereafter; designed topics were used in analyzing them for their strengths and weaknesses in providing protection for military research participants.Results:
Out of the five international guidelines reviewed; only the Council for International Organization of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) mentions the ""armed forces"". Similarly; the only African national guideline that specifically mentions the ""armed forces"" is the Ugandan national guideline.Conclusions:
We conclude that national and international guidelines for human subject research may be too general and not suitable for research with military populations. There is a need for additional guidance in research ethics for militaries in sub-Saharan Africa."
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Index:
AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Guideline
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Ethics
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Health Services Research
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Military Medicine
Type of study:
Practice guideline
Language:
English
Journal:
S. Afr. j. bioeth. law
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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