Participation in environmental health research by placenta donation - a perception study
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Participation in environmental health research by placenta donation - a perception study. / Lind, Uffe; Mose, Tina; Knudsen, Lisbeth E.
In: Environmental health, Vol. 6, 2007, p. 36.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Participation in environmental health research by placenta donation - a perception study
AU - Lind, Uffe
AU - Mose, Tina
AU - Knudsen, Lisbeth E
N1 - Keywords: Adult; Attitude; Biomedical Research; Comprehension; Denmark; Female; Humans; Informed Consent; Interviews as Topic; Male; Maternal Exposure; Maternal-Fetal Exchange; Placenta; Pregnancy; Research Subjects; Trust
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - BACKGROUND: Much environmental health research depends on human volunteers participating with biological samples. The perception study explores why and how people participate in a placenta perfusion study in Copenhagen. The participation implies donation of the placenta after birth and some background information but no follow up. METHODS: Nineteen semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with participants in the placenta perfusion study after donation of placenta. Observation studies were made of recruitment sessions. RESULTS: The interviewed participants are generally in favour of medical research. They participated in the placenta perfusion study due to a belief that societal progress follows medical research. They also felt that participating was a way of giving something back to the Danish health care system. The participants have trust in medical science and scientists, but trust is something which needs to be created through "trust-work". Face-to-face interaction, written information material and informed consent forms play important parts in creating trusting relationships in medical research. CONCLUSION: Medical research ethics do not only amount to specific types of written information material but should also be seen as a number of trust making performances involving researchers as well as research participants.
AB - BACKGROUND: Much environmental health research depends on human volunteers participating with biological samples. The perception study explores why and how people participate in a placenta perfusion study in Copenhagen. The participation implies donation of the placenta after birth and some background information but no follow up. METHODS: Nineteen semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with participants in the placenta perfusion study after donation of placenta. Observation studies were made of recruitment sessions. RESULTS: The interviewed participants are generally in favour of medical research. They participated in the placenta perfusion study due to a belief that societal progress follows medical research. They also felt that participating was a way of giving something back to the Danish health care system. The participants have trust in medical science and scientists, but trust is something which needs to be created through "trust-work". Face-to-face interaction, written information material and informed consent forms play important parts in creating trusting relationships in medical research. CONCLUSION: Medical research ethics do not only amount to specific types of written information material but should also be seen as a number of trust making performances involving researchers as well as research participants.
U2 - 10.1186/1476-069X-6-36
DO - 10.1186/1476-069X-6-36
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 18034882
VL - 6
SP - 36
JO - Environmental Health
JF - Environmental Health
SN - 1476-069X
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ID: 17265133