Ethical Issues in Occupational Health Research

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• Personal Author:
  Colligan, Michael J. ; Hurrell, Joseph J. Jr. ; Ward, Elizabeth M. ; Colligan, Michael J. ; Hurrell, Joseph J. Jr. ; Ward, Elizabeth M.
• Description:
  This is an overview of ethical issues in occupational health research involving human subjects. Research that requires human subjects review must be distinguished from surveillance or public health practice. Confidentiality and privacy concerns are particularly important in an occupational setting because individual participants may be identifiable through job title or other characteristics, and because there may be concerns about employment discrimination associated with participation status or results. Additional issues include notification of individual test results to the study participants, including whether the results have clinical significance and/or provide other potentially relevant information to the study subjects; consent for banking of biological specimens for future research (e.g., uses of the specimens, plans for anonymization, notification of future results); and the higher level of sensitivity of workplace studies involving genetic modifiers of risk. Many occupational studies involve no more than minimal risk. Studies that involve greater than minimal risk require the investigator to document the potential risks and attempt to minimize them. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Humans Occupational-health Regulations Risk-analysis Risk-factors
• ISBN:
  9781560533771
• ISSN:
  0885-114X
• Publisher:
  Hanley and Belfus, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; EID - Education and Information Division ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023078
• Citation:
  Occup Med: State of the Art Rev 2002 Oct; 17(4):637-655
• Contact Point Address:
  Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
• Email:
  jjh3@cdc.gov
• Editor(s):
  Forst L; Orris P ; Forst L; Orris P
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews. Ethics in the Workplace
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:41bcbaea6cb4518c066be7267ad1386c72e3087f237e976c21e45a58b52c247403caa841d900773d44fd469797618e41aa1a9de5a77e67baaceda3c8a7053813
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199661/cdc_199661_DS1.pdf
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