Ethical considerations in engaging young people in European obesity prevention research: The CO-CREATE experience.
ethics
obesity
participatory research
youth
Journal
Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity
ISSN: 1467-789X
Titre abrégé: Obes Rev
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100897395
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2023
02 2023
Historique:
revised:
05
09
2022
received:
21
06
2022
accepted:
04
10
2022
pubmed:
24
11
2022
medline:
3
3
2023
entrez:
23
11
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Engaging youth in obesity prevention research and policy action is essential to develop strategies that are relevant and sensitive to their needs. Research with young people requires critical reflection to safeguard their rights, dignity, and well-being. The CO-CREATE project used various methods to engage approximately 300 European youth aged 15-19 years in the development of policies to prevent adolescent obesity. This paper discusses ethical considerations made in the project pertaining to the youth's voluntary participation, their protection from obesity stigma, respect for their time, data privacy and confidentiality, power balance, and equality of opportunity to participate in the research. We describe measures implemented to prevent or limit the emergence of ethical challenges in our interaction with youth and discuss their relevance based on our experience with implementation. While some challenges seemingly were prevented, others arose related to the youth's voluntary participation, time burdens on them, and the sustainability of participation under the Covid-19 pandemic. Concrete and ongoing ethical guidance may be useful in projects aiming to interact and build collaborative relationships with youth for long periods of time.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e13518Informations de copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Obesity Reviews published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of World Obesity Federation.
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