Practical approaches to seeking assent from children.

Kumpunen, S., Shipway, L., Taylor, R.M., Aldiss, S., & Gibson, F. (2012). Practical approaches to seeking assent from children. Nurse Researcher, 19(2), pp. 23-27. Abstract: Aim: To describe and evaluate two approaches–a storyboard and a wordsearch–that the authors used with children aged four to 12 years to obtain assent. Background: The assent process is vital […]

Readability and visuals in medical research information forms for children and adolescents.

Grootens-Wiegers, P., De Vries, M. C., Vossen, T. E., & Van den Broek, J. M. (2015). Readability and visuals in medical research information forms for children and adolescents. Science Communication, 37(1), pp. 89-117. Please view the abstract for this article via the Publisher’s Link below. [button color=”primary” link=https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547014558942 target=”_blank”]Publisher’s Link[/button] [button color=”primary” link=https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/43025264/Readability_and_Visuals_in_Medical_Resea20160224-24462-1mhzvsb-with-cover-page-v2.pdf?Expires=1638887103&Signature=IIQJTqyepuCecYpf1bz0hYJXIdmgrXafc5fUiDI~l7RpP5cGAENsl-YNGRJH~1hz6dSWbM6lpESyN7~kzrprxR8~QF-pU6F2lnmEdVLoTpIAWW2dB4cToHlg-C~nSrW2g4NeR0dK-jpl65oG3aUk4pt9CxN5DrUufH~vlTDK35TSKBt6y9Y4w-9cEK8u-R3HJjQcVTf2L3Xd1-rNOZqo5g826PwyPr3LPbHLDW6PmlV6gQma3~u0m-52HXDUP-2L3U0DnUKX9yKrNqQ8CucES4igEDPVyE6QrWvm5CQozkaP8S0TZEWNCg7qZft2lzxKj90lQ~No1871uCprrU-VIA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA target=”_blank”]Open Access […]

Involving children and young people in clinical research through the forum of a European Young Persons’ Advisory Group: Needs and challenges.

Gaillard, S., Malik, S., Preston, J., Escalera, B. N., Dicks, P., Touil, N., Mardirossian, S., Claverol-Torres, J., & Kassaï, B. (2018). Involving children and young people in clinical research through the forum of a European Young Persons’ Advisory Group: Needs and challenges. Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology, 32(4), pp. 357-362. In line with the expansion of […]

Improving the informed consent process among HIV-infected undisclosed minors participating in a biomedical research: Insights from the multicentre nutritional SNACS study in Senegal.

Hejoaka, F., Varloteaux, M., Desclaux-Sall, C., Ndiaye, S. M., Diop, K., Diack, A., Niasse, F., & Cames, C. (2019). Improving the informed consent process among HIV-infected undisclosed minors participating in a biomedical research: Insights from the multicentre nutritional SNACS study in Senegal. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 24(3), 294-303. This article provides detailed reflection on […]

Facilitating future benefit when a participant has a degenerative illness and cannot give consent. Andrew Williams

You can download this ERIC case study as a pdf in English, français, español, 한국어, Türkçe and Bahasa Indonesia. Very often a child with a severe fixed, or an evolving, neurodegenerative condition cannot give meaningful consent to research. The child’s age and the profundity of their evolving neurological condition make consent impossible. Neurodegenerative conditions are […]