Social Responsibility and Research Ethics in Community-Driven Studies of Industrialized Hog Production

By Wing, Steve

Book Id: WPLBN0000031986
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 2.7 MB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Social Responsibility and Research Ethics in Community-Driven Studies of Industrialized Hog Production
Author:	Wing, Steve
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, United Nations., United Nations. Office for Disarmament Affairs
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Disarmament Documents
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Publisher:	United Nations- Office for Disarmament Affairs (Unoda)


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Excerpt: Most environmental health research has been conducted in relation to problems identified by governments, industries, health professionals, and the scientific community. These institutions have some degree of prestige and power; they have played an active role in developing environmental health science itself, and their members are seldom forced to live with serious environmental contamination. In contrast, communities of low income and people of color seldom have had access to researchers; they have been underrepresented in the research professions (1), they have been used as test subjects for biomedical research (2), and they sometimes have had no choice but to live and work in the presence of contaminants (3). Environmental health research that takes as its starting point the experiences and concerns of communities of low income and people of color raises numerous questions regarding methodology (the formation of study hypotheses, research design, analysis, interpretation, and communication of findings) as well as ethical issues related to the role of professionals and academic and government institutions, responsibilities for communication, respect, collaboration, protection of human subjects, and protection of the communities in which research is conducted.