Week 7 Discussion 1: Critically Appraising the Ethical Aspec…

Select one of the following articles to review:

• Scull, T. M., Kupersmidt, J. B., Malik, C. V., & Morgan-Lopez, A. A. (2018). Randomized control trial of Media aware. Journal of Health Communication, 23(12), 10511063.
• Atkinson, S. A., Maran, A., Dempsey, K., Perreault, M., Vanniyasingam, T., Phillips, S. M., Hutton, E. K., Mottola, M. F., Wahoush, O., Xie, F., & Thabane, L. (2022). Nutrients, 14(4), Article 810.
• Rezapour-Mirsaleh, Y., Shafizadeh, R., Shomali, M., & Sedaghat, R. (2021). . International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 65(1), 100116.
• Marshall, C. A., Keogh-Lim, D., Koop, M., Barbic, S., & Gewurtz, R. (2020). . Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 87(4), 253264.

Select and answer five of the following questions related to the ethical aspects of the study described in the article you chose:

• Was the study approved and monitored by an Institutional Review Board, Research Ethics Board, or other similar ethics review committee?
• Were study participants subjected to any physical harm, discomfort, or psychological distress? Did the researchers take appropriate steps to remove or prevent harm?
• Did the benefits to participants outweigh any potential risks or actual discomfort they experienced? Did the benefits to society outweigh the costs to participants?
• Was any type of coercion or undue influence used to recruit participants? Did they have the right to refuse to participate or to withdraw without penalty?
• Were participants deceived in any way? Were they fully aware they were participating in a study, and did they understand the purpose and nature of the research?
• Were appropriate informed consent procedures used with participants? If not, was there a justifiable rationale?
• Were adequate steps taken to safeguard participants privacy? How was confidentiality maintained? Was a Certificate of Confidentiality obtained? If not, should one have been obtained?
• Were vulnerable groups involved in the research? If yes, were special precautions instituted because of their vulnerable status?
• Were groups omitted from the inquiry without a justifiable rationale, such as women (or men), or minorities?

Guidelines

• Write in APA style and format.
• Answer each of the five questions you chose from the above list in a paragraph of at least three sentences.

Reply Posts

If you reply to a peer who chose the same article you did, note whether you agree or disagree with their answers and explain your viewpoint.

If you did not choose the same article, make some suggestions on how to address the ethical considerations presented in the article your peer chose.

Please respond to each other to build a classroom community (peer posts should have a minimum of 250 words).

Please refer to the for details on how this activity will be graded.

The described expectations meet the passing level of 80%. Students are directed to review the Discussion Grading Rubric for criteria which exceed expectations.