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Ethical Issues in mHealth Research Involving Persons Living with HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: We aim to raise awareness and stimulate dialogue among investigators and research ethics committees regarding ethical issues that arise specifically in the design and conduct of mHealth research involving persons living with HIV/AIDS and substance abuse. Following a brief background discussion of mHealth research in general, we offer a case example to illustrate the characteristics of mHealth research involving people living with HIV/AIDS and substance abuse. With reference to a well-established systematic general ethical framework for biomedical research with human participants, we identify a range of ethical issues that have particular salience for the protection of participants in mHealth research on HIV/AIDS and substance abuse.

Source: AIDS Research and Treatment

DOI: 10.1155/2013/189645

Authors: Alain B. Labrique, Gregory D. Kirk, Ryan P. Westergaard, Maria W. Merritt

Institutions: Johns Hopkins University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics

Language: English

Topic: Ethics in Clinical Research

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,000