The challenges and potential solutions of achieving meaningful consent amongst research participants in northern Thailand: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Achieving meaningful consent can be challenging, particularly in contexts of diminished literacy, yet is a vital part of participant protection in global health research.

Method

We explored the challenges and potential solutions of achieving meaningful consent through a qualitative study in a predominantly hill tribe ethnic minority population in northern Thailand, a culturally distinctive population with low literacy. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 37 respondents who had participated in scrub typhus clinical research, their family members, researchers and other key informants. A thematic analysis was conducted.

Results

Our analysis identified four interrelated themes surrounding participants' ability to give consent: varying degrees of rese

SUBMITTER: Greer RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10729394 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature