The role of institutional review boards.

Current status of the institutional review boards in Korea: constitution, operation, and policy for protection of human research participants.

The institutional review board is crucial to ensure the scientific and ethical quality of human participant research. This paper analyzes a survey on the current constitution and operation of institutional review boards (IRBs) in Korea, conducted by the Korean Association of Institutional Review Boards in April 2002. Out of 74 IRBs, 63 responded to the survey (85.1% response rate). IRB membersh...

Institutional review board challenges related to community-based participatory research on human exposure to environmental toxins: A case study

BACKGROUND We report on the challenges of obtaining Institutional Review Board (IRB) coverage for a community-based participatory research (CBPR) environmental justice project, which involved reporting biomonitoring and household exposure results to participants, and included lay participation in research. METHODS We draw on our experiences guiding a multi-partner CBPR project through univers...

Medical research oversight from the corporate governance perspective: comparing institutional review boards and corporate boards.

Activating the Role of Audit Committees and Boards of Directors in Restricting Earnings Management Practices: A Perspective of Auditors in Jordan

The study objects for investigating the possibility of activating both audit committee and board of directors for restricting the practices of earnings management phenomenon. To achieve this objective, a questionnaire had been developed and self-administered for a selected sample consists of 123 auditors working in Jordan based on the simple random sampling method. The study first hypothesis is...

Research Involving Human Subjects and the Role of Institutional Review Boards in Brazil

Background, the regulation of research involving human subjects through the creation of Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) aims to consolidate a culture of respect for human rights, mainly of research subjects. Method, This study discusses the regulations for the development of research involving human subjects and the role of IRBs in Brazil. Results, More than half of the IRBs are located in t...

A Review of the Role of Trust, Social Networks, Participation and the Feeling of Happiness in Students

The purpose of this research is to review the relationship between trust, social networks, participation and feeling of happiness. The statistical population of the present research, all of the students of Islamic Azad University of Kerman Branch (a number of 16403 students) in the academic year of 2013-14, among which a number of 400 students have been selected as the sample size, the question...