Ethical conduct in intimate partner violence research: challenges and strategies.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) research has expanded dramatically in the past 2 decades. However, updated ethical guidelines to protect the safety and autonomy of research participants, study data, and the research team are still lacking in this evolving area of research. This article presents general concepts in research ethics and the specific challenges and strategies for IPV research related to recruitment and retention, maintenance of women's safety, privacy, and confidentiality, and their voluntary participation as well as assessment of benefits and risks, strategies to minimize risk, the Certificates of Confidentiality, and training of the research team. This area of nursing research is critical for developing practice guidelines and improving the health and quality of life of abused women.
Btoush
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University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Nursing, Newark, NJ 07101, USA. btoushrm@umdnj.edu
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D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology; D002568:Certification; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000941:ethics; D003625:Data Collection / Q000941:ethics; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000193:education / Q000941:ethics*; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000941:ethics*; D018579:Patient Selection / Q000941:ethics; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D028662:Principle-Based Ethics; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000193:education / Q000941:ethics; D035842:Research Subjects; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017751:Safety Management