Risk Evaluation in Occupational Safety and Health Research: Results from a Benchmarking Exercise of Federal and Academic IRBs-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Risk Evaluation in Occupational Safety and Health Research: Results from a Benchmarking Exercise of Federal and Academic IRBs

Published:2024-02-29 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1076-2752
Container-title:Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
language:en
Short-container-title:J Occup Environ Med

Author:

Felknor Sarah A.¹^ORCID,Streit Jessica M.K.²^ORCID,Morley Angela M.³,Piacentino John D.⁴

Affiliation:

1. Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA

2. Office of Research Integration, Office of the Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA

3. Associate Director for Science Office, Office of the Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC 20024, USA

4. Deputy Director for Program, Office of the Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC 20024, USA

Abstract

Abstract Objective Research involving working populations can pose unique ethical and risk evaluation challenges. The purpose of this benchmarking project was to assess how federal agencies and academic institutions approach the interpretation and application of key risk evaluation concepts in research involving workers in their places of employment. Methods Key informant interviews were conducted to ascertain current practices related to assessing soundness of research design, determining risk reasonableness and research-relatedness of risks, and evaluating the risk of non-invasive clinical tests in occupational settings. Results There were noteworthy commonalities among the approaches described to review and address critical aspects of risk evaluation for OSH research involving human participants. Conclusions The insights gleaned may help guide Institutional Review Boards and Human Research Protection Programs as they consider the ethical issues of human subjects research in occupational settings.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)