Journal
SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE
Volume 43, Issue 11, Pages 1643-1655Publisher
INFORMA HEALTHCARE
DOI: 10.1080/10826080802241243
Keywords
risk perception; drug use; HIV/AIDS; research ethics; underserved minorities; research participation; research risk
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- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [R21AI079674] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Research with underserved minority drug users is essential to quality health care and prevention. Understanding how participants perceive risk in research is necessary to inform research regulators so that research protections are neither lax, exposing participants to harm, nor overly stringent, thereby denying access to beneficial research. Data from 37 semistructured interviews of underserved, African-American crack cocaine users, collected from February to May 2006 in a large, urban setting, were analyzed using content analysis. In three hypothetical studies, participants recognized risks as relative and articulated and evaluated specific risks. Research regulators may enhance the accuracy of risk assessment in research by incorporating the views of participants. Study implications and limitations are noted. Future research on risk perception in research participation is suggested.
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