IMPROVING THE CONSENT PROCESS FOR LOW LITERACY PARENTS

改善文化程度低的家长的同意程序

• 批准号: 2546117
• 负责人: FRANCES A. CAMPBELL
• 金额: $ 21.14万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-09-26 至 2000-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2546117
• 关键词: African American; behavioral /social science research tag; caucasian American; clinical research; educationally disadvantaged; health care service evaluation; health science research analysis /evaluation; human subject; information dissemination; informed consent; interactive multimedia; low socioeconomic status; reading disorder; videotape /videodisc

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from the Investigator's Abstract): Consent forms serve to guarantee that human beings participating in research are fully informed of their rights and of the procedures, risks, and benefits of any studies they agree to join. One significant problem accruing to the process of obtaining informed consent concerns the presentation of the necessary information. To ensure that complete information is conveyed, many consent forms are long and couched in technical language. Such complex language may not be suitable for target populations where literacy levels are low. Much of the research aimed at improving participant comprehension has focused on the readability of the consent forms. Such research does not, however, consider whether printed material is simply inadequate as a means of communication for individuals who have difficulty reading. Little research has examined the use of alternative media as a means of increasing accessibility of consent material for low-literacy populations. Because the poor and children of the poor are at especially high risk for a variety of health, educational, and social ills, it is particularly important that they be represented in studies addressing problems to which they are vulnerable. For this reason, research to learn how to increase the degree to which low-income parents understand the purposes of research involving their children and the effectiveness of the recruitment and consent process is particularly important. The research proposed herein is designed to (a) examine the readability and comprehensibility of currently employed consent forms, and (b) examine the media through which information is communicated to low-literacy subjects, represented by the parents of Head Start children. This will include the development of materials in alternative media (such as videotape enhancement, and interactive multimedia presentations) and testing subjects' comprehension of information presented, and their willingness to consent to their children's participation in research as a function of these various media.

描述（根据调查员的摘要改编）：同意书服务 为了确保参加研究的人有充分的了解 任何研究的权利以及程序，风险和利益 他们同意加入。 一个重要的问题，即 获得知情同意书的介绍必要 信息。 为了确保传达完整的信息，许多同意 表格很长，并且用技术语言couch。 如此复杂的语言可能 不适合识字水平较低的目标人群。 很多 旨在改善参与者理解的研究重点是 同意书的可读性。 但是，这样的研究并非 考虑是否只是不足以作为一种手段 对于难以阅读的个人进行沟通。 很少的研究 已经检查了使用替代媒体作为增加的手段 同意材料对低素养人群的可访问性。 因为 穷人和穷人的孩子尤其有各种各样的高风险 健康，教育和社会疾病，特别重要的是 在解决它们脆弱的问题的研究中得到代表。 因此，研究要学习如何增加程度 低收入父母了解研究的目的 儿童以及招聘和同意过程的有效性是 特别重要。 本文提出的研究旨在（a） 检查当前使用同意的可读性和可理解性 表格和（b）检查传达信息的媒体 以低素养的主题为主题，由头开始孩子的父母代表。 这将包括在替代媒体中开发材料（例如 录像带增强和交互式多媒体演示）和测试 受试者对提出的信息的理解及其愿意 同意他们的孩子参与研究的关系 各种媒体。