Clinical governance and research ethics as barriers to UK low-risk population-based health research?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since the Helsinki Declaration was introduced in 1964 as a code of practice for clinical research, it has generally been agreed that research governance is also needed in the field of public health and health promotion research. Recently, a range of factors led to the development of more stringent bureaucratic procedures, governing the conduct of low-risk population-based health research in the United Kingdom.

Methods

Our paper highlights a case study of the application process to medical research ethics committees in the United Kingdom for a study of the promotion of physical activity by health care providers. The case study presented here is an illustration of the challenges in conducting low-risk population-based health research.

Results

Our mixed-method

SUBMITTER: van Teijlingen ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2612000 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature