166942 Issues in conducting research with women prisoners

Monday, November 5, 2007: 9:10 AM

Cathie Fogel, PhD, RNC, FAAN , School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
     
Using examples from the presenter's clinical research, this presentation will explore important issues involved in conducting clinically-based research with women prisoners, including subject recruitment, securing IRB approval, subject recruitment, informed consent, avoiding coercion, protecting subject confidentiality and strategies for overcoming institutional barriers to conducting research. Finally strategies for ensuring fidelity to research protocols will be presented

Learning Objectives:
1. Understand 3 strategies for effectively conducting research with women prisoners 2. Be familar with the limitations of implementing research protocols inside of women's prisons.

Keywords: Women's Health, Prisoners Health Care

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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