Ethical Issues in Research With Hispanic Drug Users: Participant Perspectives on Risks and Benefits
Document Type
Review Article
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Abstract
There has been considerable discussion in the research ethics literature concerning special researcher responsibilities in studying vulnerable populations, including whether or not drug addicts, as a result of their health condition and craving for drugs, constitute a vulnerable group from a human subject perspective. In the assessment of ethical issues, researchers in recent years have begun to recognize the critical importance of hearing the subject's voice and learning the concerns and attitudes of those who participate in research. To date, however, despite a significant increase in studies of not-in-treatment drug users, little attempt has been made to determine the perspectives of drug users about participation in research, especially ethnic minority drug users, and in particular, Hispanic drug users. Based on recent findings of a study of drug user attitudes and perspectives on research, this paper reports on the perceived risks and benefits of participation in research of a subsample of Hispanic street drug users from Hartford, Connecticut.
DOI
10.1177/002204260803800115
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Singer, Merrill; Mirhej, Greg; Hodge, Derrick; Saleheen, Hassan; Fisher, Celia B.; and Mahadevan, Meena, "Ethical Issues in Research With Hispanic Drug Users: Participant Perspectives on Risks and Benefits" (2008). Department of Nutrition and Food Studies Scholarship and Creative Works. 116.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/nutr-foodstudies-facpubs/116