{"id":6,"date":"2013-07-18T11:30:44","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T16:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/irb\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2023-06-07T08:24:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:24:34","slug":"research-ethics-for-inquiries-involving-people-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/irb\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Ethics for Inquiries Involving People"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h4>Overview<\/h4>\n<p>The St. Olaf Institutional Review Board (IRB) provides training and reviews for research projects that study people. The college affirms the ethical principles of <strong>respect<\/strong>, <strong>beneficence<\/strong>, and <strong>justice<\/strong>. These principles inform federal policy for the protection of human subjects and St. Olaf\u2019s approach to preparing researchers to thoughtfully protect the rights and well-being of participants in their projects. St. Olaf is accountable to the federal Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) for the ethical conduct of inquiry projects involving people.<\/p>\n<h4>Does your project need an IRB application?<\/h4>\n<p>Any project involving people needs to observe the principles of respect, beneficence, and justice, but not all need to be reviewed by the IRB. Answer these questions to start learning about the expectations for you and your project.<\/p>\n<p>Will you collect or analyze information from or about people, whether through surveys, interviews, focus groups, observations of behavior, or analysis of existing records?<\/p>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69d77fdfa3c90\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>NO<\/strong><\/span><div id=\"target-id69d77fdfa3c90\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\nYour project is not considered research with human participants and you do not need an IRB application. You can email irb-administrator@stolaf.edu with a description of your project to be sure.<\/div>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69d77fdfa3d6d\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;YES&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>YES<\/strong><\/span><div id=\"target-id69d77fdfa3d6d\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\nWill your project focus on interviewing and recording someone recalling past events?<\/p>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69d77fdfa3ddd\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;YES&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>YES<\/strong><\/span><div id=\"target-id69d77fdfa3ddd\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">This might be an oral history, which has a different review procedure. <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/irb\/oral-history\/\">Learn more.<\/a><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69d77fdfa3e3b\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>NO<\/strong><\/span><div id=\"target-id69d77fdfa3e3b\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\nWill your project do any of the following? (Hover your cursor over each item <span style=\"color: red;\">in red<\/span> for a definition.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>study individuals outside St. Olaf (i.e., not current students or employees)<\/li>\n<li>potentially include the sharing of results with audiences beyond St. Olaf<\/li>\n<li>pose some kind of <span title=\"An inquiry involves risk when the project procedures would cause participants to experience psychological, social, legal, or physical harm or discomfort beyond what they would be likely to experience in normal daily activities. See the St. Olaf Ethics Plan form, Item 5, for a detailed list of procedures that may pose risks to participants. Projects with risk require more training and more extensive review than projects without risk.\"><span style=\"color: red;\">risk<\/span><\/span> for the people being studied<\/li>\n<li><span title=\"A project is considered to be \u201cfocused\u201d on the study of a vulnerable population when most or all of the participants are members of one or more of these groups and when the principal purpose of the project is to draw conclusions about that category of persons. These projects require more training and more extensive review than projects without such a focus.\"><span style=\"color: red;\">focus<\/span><\/span> on the study of a <span title=\"\u201cVulnerable populations\u201d include: Minors (anyone under the age of 18); Educationally or economically disadvantaged persons (e.g., recent immigrants, low-income persons); Adults whose decision-making may be compromised because of mental illness, developmental disability, or other condition; Persons in correctional institutions, health care facilities, or long-term care institutions; or Persons with physical conditions that may require special protection (e.g., pregnant women, people with food allergies) \"><span style=\"color: red;\">vulnerable population <em>(vulnerable to coercion or undue influence)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>have funding from a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/ohrp\/humansubjects\/commonrule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">federal agency that has adopted federal regulations<\/a> governing the protection of human subjects\u00a0<em>(scroll to the bottom of that link to see list of agencies)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69d77fdfa3eaa\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;YES&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>YES<\/strong><\/span><div id=\"target-id69d77fdfa3eaa\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\nYou will need to submit an IRB application, which includes an Ethics Plan and possibly additional materials, such as survey questions. Your project is considered a <strong>Type 2<\/strong> (beyond the college no-risk project) if you answered &#8220;no&#8221; to the final three questions and a <strong>Type 3<\/strong> (project involving risk or studying vulnerable participants) if you answered &#8220;yes&#8221; to at least one of the final three questions. Don&#8217;t worry if you&#8217;re not sure if the final questions apply to your project; the Ethics Plan will help you figure that out. See the requirements <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/irb\/ethics-training-requirements-and-instructional-materials#Type2-3\">here.<\/a><br \/>\n<\/div><span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69d77fdfa3efd\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>NO<\/strong><\/span><div id=\"target-id69d77fdfa3efd\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\nYour project is considered a <strong>Type 1<\/strong> (within the college no-risk project). Although you do not need to submit an application to the IRB, you will need to do some reading and you may need to submit an Ethics Plan to a supervisor. See the requirements <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/irb\/ethics-training-requirements-and-instructional-materials#Type1\">here.<\/a><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Ready to apply or need additional resources?<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/irb\/ethics-training-requirements-and-instructional-materials\/\">Requirements and Resources<\/a> explains what you will need to do to submit an application and offers information on oral history projects.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/irb\/ethics-plan-and-related-forms\/\">Ethics Plan and Related Forms<\/a> has materials for initial applications and requests to continue approved projects. It includes permission forms and a review form that can be used for projects that do not need to be reviewed by an IRB member.<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The St. Olaf Institutional Review Board (IRB) provides training and reviews for research projects that study people. The college affirms the ethical principles of respect, beneficence, and justice. 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