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Alison Pittman, NURS 7455<\/strong><\/p>\n Introduction<\/p>\n The following sources discuss the target research population of middle school U.S. children.\u00a0 I believe these reference documents to be an appropriate collection of this population\u2019s positionality to a nursing or public health researcher.\u00a0 These sources were selected because of their emphasis on children and families and the unique opportunities and challenges they present to the researcher.<\/p>\n Barratt, R., Levickis, P., Naughton, G., Gerner, B., & Gibbons, K. (2013). Why families choose not to participate in research: Feedback from non\u2010responders. Journal of paediatrics and child health<\/i>,\u00a049<\/i>(1), 57-62.<\/p>\n The authors of this article approached families who chose not to participate in a community-based family study involving childhood obesity and investigated reasons for refusal to participate.\u00a0 The main reason for non-participation was \u201clack of time,\u201d warranting a need to modify recruitment to emphasize the impact of childhood overweight and obesity, and hopefully help families to understand the \u201cpayoff\u201d of time commitment.\u00a0 Other significant reasons for non-participation included low priority topic, inappropriate timing of the request, fear of negative experiences, and a poor initial contact with the family.\u00a0 The article helped to outline why families don\u2019t respond to research studies.\u00a0 One limitation to the article is it did not include families who actively refused to participate instead of non-responding, but this was not possible due to ethical reasons.\u00a0 Overall the article helped to provide top reasons families don\u2019t participate in child research and offer some preliminary tips to improve recruitment.<\/p>\n Ethical Research Involving Children: Getting Started. Retrieved from http:\/\/childethics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ERIC-compendium-Getting-Started-section-only.pdf<\/a> Govea J. Ethical concerns regarding interventions to prevent and control childhood obesity. Prev Chronic Dis 2011;8(5):A91. http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/pcd\/issues\/2011\/sep\/10_0288.htm<\/a>. Accessed January 22, 2014.<\/p>\n This is the first of several articles in a special issue of Preventing Chronic Disease<\/em> which address a selection of the most important and understudied aspects of childhood obesity interventions\u2014the ethical implications of what we recommend or implement. They examine issues such as the stigma associated with obesity, the rights and responsibilities of parents, the role of advertising and marketing, and consideration for children with special health care needs.<\/p>\n
\nThis document offers questions to guide ethical issues regarding research on children.\u00a0 The questions cover many anticipated issues in this field, including many that may not come to mind to beginning researchers (for example, “What resources do you have to provide to children who may become distressed?”).\u00a0 The questions posed truly made me rethink the structure of my proposed project in many ways, including planning, writing, consent, and incentives.<\/p>\n