Obtaining active parental consent for school-based research: A guide for researchers

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 270-275

  Wolfenden, Luke ^a   Kypri, Kypros ^b   Freund, Megan ^c   Hodder, Rebecca ^a  

^a HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active consent; Child; Data collection; Methods; Schools

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PARENTAL CONSENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PARENTAL CONSENT; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 67650462981     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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