The use of reconsent in a national evaluation of adolescent reproductive health programs
Autor: | Jeffrey Lyons, Marni Kan, Alicia Richmond Scott, Azucena Derecho, Sarah Jones, Olivia Ashley, Lori-Ann Palen |
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Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Risk medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Ethnic group Sex Education Logistic regression Informed consent Pregnancy medicine Humans Child Reproductive health media_common Sexual Abstinence Informed Consent Parenting business.industry Data Collection Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Hispanic or Latino Abstinence medicine.disease United States Psychiatry and Mental health Sample size determination Family medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Pregnancy in Adolescence Regression Analysis Female Reproductive Health Services Parental consent business Psychology Clinical psychology Program Evaluation |
Zdroj: | The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. 51(2) |
ISSN: | 1879-1972 |
Popis: | Purpose Reconsent involves asking research participants to reaffirm their consent for study participation when there have been significant changes in the study's procedures, risks, or benefits. We described the reconsent process, identified the reconsent rate, and examined the comparability of youths enrolled via consent and reconsent in a national evaluation of adolescent reproductive health programs. Methods Evaluation participants from five abstinence education projects (N = 2,176) and nine projects serving pregnant or parenting adolescents (N = 878) provided either parent or youth consent or reconsent to participate in the national evaluation. Participants completed surveys that included demographic characteristics; sexual intentions, norms and behaviors; and pregnancy history. Multivariate logistic regression was used to examine associations between consent status, demographic characteristics, and risk indicators. Results The reconsent rates in the abstinence education and pregnant or parenting samples were 45% and 58%, respectively. Participant's age was positively associated with reconsent. Hispanic adolescents (and, for abstinence education, other racial/ethnic minorities) were underrepresented among youth with reconsent. Among abstinence education study participants, risk indicators were not associated with consent status. Among pregnant or parenting teens, those who had experienced repeat pregnancy were less likely than those who had experienced only one pregnancy to have been enrolled via reconsent. Conclusions Reconsent can bolster sample size but may introduce bias by missing some racial/ethnic and age-groups. Among high-risk adolescents, reconsent may also yield a sample that differs from consented samples on risk characteristics, necessitating statistical adjustments when analyzing data. |
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