Human Services Delivery Case Study

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IMPORTANCE OF IRB: UNIT 5 ASSIGNMENT Unit 5 Bobbie Roof 06/16/2013 HN410 – Human Services Delivery Angel Doring 1. What is an IRB? An IRB is a committee that performs ethical review of proposed research. The IRB or institutional Review Board is a federally mandated committee of administrators, medical doctors and community representatives to review and approve all research objectives, methodology, and protocols with special emphasis on plans for recruiting participants and gaining their consent (Royse, Thyer, & Padgett, 2010). The IRB exercises its responsibility to protect the rights and welfare of human participants in various categories of research in any way…show more content…
Exemption. Protocol exempt status is determined by the IRB coordinator and the activities are registered with the Office of Graduate Studies & Research rather than going through a formal IRB review process. Exemption is not the same as exclusion from purview of the SJSU policy for the protection of human subjects in research. Protections for the subjects of the research are still in place. In order for a protocol to qualify for exemption, all of the following criteria must be fulfilled: 1) the research cannot pose greater than minimal risk to participants, 2) the research cannot involve a vulnerable subject population (e.g., children, prisoners, pregnant women), 3) the research must fit into one of the categories of exemption outlined on the second page of the IRB application. Exempt status is conferred by the Office of Graduate Studies & Research prior to data collection after the investigator has submitted all of the required supporting documents. These may include a complete protocol narrative, agreements from participating institutions, data instruments, and information on how informed consent will be obtained, when applicable…show more content…
This latter element requires that before the acceptance of an affirmation decision by the experimental subject there should be made known to her the nature, duration, and purpose of the experiment; the method and means by which it is to be conducted; all inconveniences and hazards reasonably to be expected; and the effects upon her health or person which may possibly come from her participation in the experiments
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