Ethical standards for mental health and psychosocial support research in emergencies: review of literature and current debates

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• 作者：Anna Chiumento ; Atif Rahman ; Lucy Frith ; Leslie Snider…
• 关键词：Research ethics ; Mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) ; Emergencies ; Monitoring and evaluation ; Conflict ; Disaster ; Research guidelines ; Multidisciplinary literature review ; Ethical practice
• 刊名：Globalization and Health
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：13
• 期：1
• 全文大小：1174KB
• 刊物主题：Public Health; Development Economics; Social Policy; Quality of Life Research; Epidemiology;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1744-8603
• 卷排序：13

文摘

BackgroundResearch in emergencies is needed to understand the prevalence of mental health and psychosocial problems and strengthen the evidence base for interventions. All research - including operational needs assessments, programme monitoring and evaluation, and formal academic research - must be conducted ethically. While there is broad consensus on fundamental principles codified in research ethics guidelines, these do not address the ethical specificities of conducting mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) research with adults in emergencies. To address this gap, this paper presents a review of multidisciplinary literature to identify specific ethical principles applicable to MHPSS research in emergencies.