Applied Social Research and the Government: Notes on the Limits of Confidentiality

Trend, M. G.

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“…Because there is significant public sentiment that government agencies cannot be trusted with personal and potentially incriminating data (Martin, 1977; Trend, 1980), we believe that studies of sexual behavior are best conducted by universities or private institutes. For example, because sodomy is illegal in 24 states and in the District of Columbia (Freiberg, 1986), individuals may fear legal prosecution if they reveal having engaged in this activity to a representative of a government agency.…”

Section: Critical Issues In Surveying American Sexual Behaviormentioning

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The study of sexual behavior in relation to the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus: Caveats and recommendations.

Reinisch¹,

Sanders²,

Ziemba-Davis³

1988

American Psychologist

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To create the behavior-change programs essential for limiting the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic, we must obtain a precise understanding of the sexual behavior, knowledge, and attitudes of our nation's various ethnic, racial, social age, regional, and sexual orientation groups. Such information is necessary for developing the precisely targeted educational programs that currently are our most effective means of reducing risk behaviors and halting the spread of the disease in the United States. These behavioral data are also crucial to biomedical investigations, making possible the identification of appropriate subjects for programs ranging from the testing of vaccines to the evaluation of the threat to pregnant women and their offspring. In this article, we summarize data on sexual behaviors associated with the transmission of the AIDS virus (i.e., human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]) and discuss selected issues relevant to the conduct of research on human sexuality. 1 Sixteen studies and commercial surveys were selected: (a) Athanasiou, Shaver, and Tavris (1970); (b) Bell, Turner, and Rosen (1975); (c)

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Section: Critical Issues In Surveying American Sexual Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

The study of sexual behavior in relation to the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus: Caveats and recommendations.

Reinisch¹,

Sanders²,

Ziemba-Davis³

1988

American Psychologist

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“…However, its concept of vulnerable populations in research clearly excludes the researcher (U.S. National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, 1979). Literature predating the Belmont Report nevertheless seemed to have given some hints on the concept of researcher vulnerability (Cassell, 1978;May, 1980;Trend, 1980). These are explored later in this paper.…”

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“…Cassell's (1978) tale of a researcher trying to live safely in a ghetto educates immensely on the possibility of research vulnerability. The growing dependence of researcher on sponsors/funders and its vulnerability-inducing effects is captured by Trend (1980). Even though, these insights may not be sufficient to theorize the inevitability of researcher vulnerability, they are supportive of the view that the researcher is not immune to vulnerability.…”

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Researcher vulnerability: An overlooked issue in vulnerability discourses

Laar

2014

Sci. Res. Essays

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Although widely referred to in research, vulnerability is arguably not well understood by both researchers and research regulators. Authoritative sources including dictionaries, ethics encyclopedia, and esteemed authorities in the field of ethics offer little help; multiple definitional perspectives exist on the subject. Efforts have been made to clarify a component of vulnerability in research-'participant vulnerability'. There is no closure on this subject of what participant vulnerability is or should be. Researchers, just as the researched may be vulnerable in some instances. This is designated and discussed in this paper as 'researcher vulnerability'. While acknowledging the emphases that regulators place on protecting vulnerable study participants, the paper argues that this should not be interpreted to imply that researchers are immune to vulnerability. The paper articulates the many and varied challenges that researchers confront in research. Such experiences speak to the fact that researcher vulnerability may vary in meaning among contexts, but can be contextually defined and understood as a cross-cutting concept.

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The study of sexual behavior in relation to the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus: Caveats and recommendations.

Reinisch¹,

Sanders²,

Ziemba-Davis³

1988

American Psychologist

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Applied Social Research and the Government: Notes on the Limits of Confidentiality

Cited by 6 publications

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The study of sexual behavior in relation to the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus: Caveats and recommendations.

The study of sexual behavior in relation to the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus: Caveats and recommendations.

Researcher vulnerability: An overlooked issue in vulnerability discourses

The study of sexual behavior in relation to the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus: Caveats and recommendations.

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