Human participants challenges in youth tobacco cessation research: researchers' perspectives.
Recruiting adolescents into smoking cessation studies is challenging, particularly given institutional review board (IRB) requirements for research conducted with adolescents. This article provides a brief review of the federal regulations that apply to research conducted with adolescents, and describes researchers' experiences of seeking IRB approval for youth cessation research. Twenty-one researchers provided information. The most frequently reported difficulty involved obtaining parental consent. Solutions to commonly reported problems with obtaining IRB approval are also identified. Waivers of parental consent can facilitate recruitment of youths into studies; however, researchers must ensure that their protocols comply with federal regulations when requesting a waiver.
Diviak
Kathleen R
KR
University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for Health Research and Policy, 1747 W. Roosevelt Rd., Suite 558 M/C 275, Chicago, IL 60608, USA. kdiviak@uic.edu
Curry
Susan J
SJ
Emery
Sherry L
SL
Mermelstein
Robin J
RJ
D000293:Adolescent; D035841:Behavioral Research / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003219:Confidentiality; D003625:Data Collection; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D035082:Federal Government; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D033282:Parental Consent; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012108:Research Personnel; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D014481:United States