title: Evaluation in health promotion: thoughts from inside a human research ethics committee.
abstract: Health promotion research, quality improvement and evaluation are all activities that raise ethical issues. In this paper, the Chair and a member of human resear ch ethics committees provide an insiders' point of view on how to demonstrate ethical conduct in health promotion research and quality improvement. Several common issues raised by health promotion research and evaluation are discussed including researcher integrity, conflicts of interest, use of information, consent and privacy.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Law, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.affiliation: Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, PO Box 855, West Perth, WA 6872, Australia.
authors.forename: Felicity
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Flack
mesh_terms: D016265:Conflict of Interest; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research / Q000941:ethics*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics; D018907:Privacy; D012107:Research Design; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000941:ethics*; D035842:Research Subjects