Chapter 3

Question 1

Belmont Report

Answer 1

The 1979 report of the Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research.

Question 2

Institutional review board

Answer 2

A group of organizational and community representatives required by federal law to review the ethical issues in all proposed research that is federally funded, involves human subjects, or has any potential harm to subjects.

Question 3

Permission

Answer 3

Parent or guardian agreement to a child’s participation in a research study.

Question 4

Assent

Answer 4

Requirement that a child provide affirmative agreement to participate in a research study.

Question 5

Debriefing

Answer 5

A researcher’s informing participants after an experiment about the experiment’s purposes and methods and evaluating participants’ personal reactions to the experiment.

Question 6

Certificate of Confidentiality

Answer 6

The National Institutes of Health can issue this to protect researchers from having to disclose confidential information.

Question 7

Conflicts of interest

Answer 7

When researchers have a significant stake in the design or outcome of their own research.

Question 8

Exempt status

Answer 8

IRB review for research studies that involve minimal human subject involvement.

Question 9

Expedited review

Answer 9

IRB review that is done for a new or continuing study that presents minimal risk of harm to the participant.

Question 10

Full review

Answer 10

IRB review that is completed for a research study with vulnerable populations or when there is the potential for harm.