Divya Rajaraman|Nelson Jesuraj|Lawrence Geiter|Sean Bennett|Harleen M. S. Grewal|Mário Sérgio de Oliveira Vaz
How participatory is parental consent in low literacy rural settings in low income countries? Lessons learned from a community based study of infants in South India
Aeras|Aeras|Haukeland University Hospital|University of Bergen
requisite ethical human subjects research participation informed voluntary participation informed consent process way asking questions indicator extent consent informed aims study assess extent parents providing consent childrens participation observational tuberculosis tb research study india actively participated informed consent discussion identify correlates participation observational cohort study tuberculosis infants south india field supervisors responsible obtaining informed consent noted questions asked informed consent discussions 4382 infants enrolled study questions postcoded topic bivariate multivariate analysis conducted examine factors associated asking least one question informed consent process total 590 4382 134 parentsguardians asked question informed consent process found likelihood parents asking questions informed consent process significantly associated education level either parent parents present location findings implications planning informed consent process largely rural setting low levels literacy greater effort needs directed towards developing simple participatory communication materials informed consent process furthermore including parents discussion childs participation research study may increase extent consent truly informed finally continuing efforts need made improve communication skills research workers regard explaining research processes putting potential research participants ease