Sweat, Skepticism, and Uncharted Territory: A Qualitative Study of Opinions on Data Sharing among Public Health Researchers and Research Participants in Mumbai, India

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 239-250

  Hate, Ketaki ^a   Meherally, Sanna ^a   Shah More, Neena ^a   Jayaraman, Anuja ^a   Bull, Susan ^b   Parker, Michael ^b   Osrin, David ^c  

^a Society for Nutrition Education and Health Action (SNEHA)   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

data sharing; ethics; India; Mumbai; poverty areas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; COOPERATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECT; WRITING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS COMMITTEES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; ORGANIZATIONS; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 84947725453     PISSN: 15562646     EISSN: 15562654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1556264615592383     Document Type: Article

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