I'm planning research involving children. What are the key ethical guidelines for obtaining consent and ensuring confidentiality? Also, which National Research Ethics Committee oversees social science and humanities research in Norway?
Navigate to 'forskningsetikk.no'. Click on 'Topics'. Under 'Research Participants', click on 'Children'. Summarize the ethical considerations for consent with children, including parental consent, child's capacity, and age guidelines. Summarize the ethical considerations for confidentiality with children, including information sharing and duties to report/avert. Navigate to the 'About us' page. Under 'Committees and commissions', identify and state the name of the committee responsible for social sciences and humanities research.
State that parental consent is generally required first, followed by the child's assent, while also considering the child's capacity to understand and give real informed consent, with specific age guidelines (e.g., 16-18 for health research, 15+ for non-sensitive social science data, 16+ for sensitive personal data in social science). State that confidentiality applies even to parents, the child's wishes regarding information sharing should be respected, and researchers must clarify duties to report (meldeplikt) to child welfare services for suspected neglect/abuse and duties to avert (avvergingsplikt) for preventing serious crimes, as these override confidentiality. State the name of the committee as 'The National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and Humanities' (Den nasjonale forskningsetiske komité for samfunnsvitenskap og humaniora).