title: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: a foundation for ethical disability and health research in developing countries.
abstract: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has foregrounded disability as a human rights and equity issue, elevating it to a priority global research area. Academics from Western universities are likely to play an increasing role in disability health research in developing countries. In such contexts, there is a need to bridge the gap between procedural ethics and the realities of disability research in cross-cultural contexts. We provide guidance on engaging in ethical disability health research that intersects with and upholds the CRPD. We highlight challenges and tensions in doing so, underscoring the need to be sensitive to the sociocultural and political context of disability that determines how ethical research should proceed. We conclude with 5 recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Jo Durham, Claire E. Brolan, and Bryan Mukandi are with the University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Australian Centre of International and Tropical Health, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: Jo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Durham
authors.forename: Claire E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Brolan
authors.forename: Bryan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mukandi
mesh_terms: D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003906:Developing Countries; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D032984:Ethics, Research; D006302:Health Services Research; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans