Assessing Risk - SBE

Identify the example of when situation and time are key to assessing risk of harm in a research study:

Asking women if they have had an abortion

Additional safeguards that may be included in a social and behavioral study may include:

Remove all direct identifiers from the data as soon as possible.

The primary purpose of a Certificate of Confidentiality is to:

Protect identifiable research information from compelled disclosure.

A researcher wants to do a web-based survey of college students to collect information about their sexual behavior and drug use. Direct identifiers will not be collected; however, IP addresses may be present in the data set. Risk of harm should be evaluated by:

Both the magnitude (or severity) and the probability (or likelihood) of harm.

If disclosure of a subject's involvement in a specific research study can be potentially harmful to the subject, and the consent form is the only record linking the subject to the research, which of the following would be most helpful:

Obtain a waiver of documentation of informed consent.