Planning for Research on Children During Public Health Emergencies

• 2016

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• Laura Faherty; Sonja Rasmussen; Nicole Lurie
PMID: 26729740DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-3611

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This article discusses the risks and benefits of conducting research on children during public health emergencies (PHEs) and outlines the components needed for a pediatric-focused research infrastructure. It emphasizes that not all PHE-related research in children is equal and that some situations make such research ethically imperative, especially when untested medical countermeasures are used. The article argues for the importance of ethically sound research during PHEs to address knowledge gaps while ensuring that these studies do not interfere with emergency responses.

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Focus Areas: Everyday Emergency; Infectious Disease

Audiences: Emergency Managers; Nurses; Physicians; Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stages: Mitigation; Response

Bundles: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Biomedical Research; Child; Child Welfare; Disaster Planning; Pediatrics; Public Health; Research Design; Research Support as Topic; Research Subjects; Ethics, Research; Patient Safety

Institutions: University of Pennsylvania; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

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