Capacity Building from the inside Out: Development and Evaluation of a CITI Ethics Certification Training Module for American Indian and Alaska Native Community Researchers
Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: Current human subject research training modules fail to capture ethically relevant cultural aspects of research involving American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) community members. Applying a Community Engaged Research (CEnR) approach, we adapted the Collaborative IRB Training Initiative training module "assessing risk and benefits." In a two-arm randomized controlled trial, followed by debriefing interviews, we evaluated module acceptability and understandability (test scores) among 40 reservation-based community members. Participants who took the adapted module, compared to those who took the standard module, reported higher scores on relevance of the material overall satisfaction, module quiz scores, and a trend toward higher self-efficacy. Implications of the efficacy of this approach for enhancing ethics training and community participation in research within AI/AN and other cultural populations within and outside the United States are discussed.
Institutions: University of Washington, Fordham University, Columbia University
Language: English
Topic: Ethics in Clinical Research
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
Awards: Mentoring Diverse Scientists in HIV Research on Substance Abuse and Mental Health, G6111921048, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute National Center of Excellence, G650295731, Cognitive Processing Intervention for HIV/STI and Substance Use among Native Wome, The ITZA Program: Indigenous HIV/AIDS Research Training 3 (IHART3) Program, HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute
OpenAlex ID: W2131801513