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Protecting Sexual Minority Youth from Research Risks: Conflicting Perspectives
Author(s) -
Miller Robin Lin,
Forte Draco,
Wilson Bianca Della Marie,
Greene George J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/s10464-006-9053-4
Subject(s) - sexual minority , health psychology , psychology , population , criminology , public health , social psychology , sexual orientation , medicine , environmental health , nursing
We describe the dilemmas we encountered in the informed consent process for an HIV prevention project targeting Black gay, bisexual, and non‐gay identified young men. We highlight the complexities of applying informed parental consent procedures to sexual minority youth and identify some of the challenges that researchers who work with sexual minority youth face when they must balance the needs and rights of this population against the needs and rights accorded to parents by federal guidelines for protecting minor participants in research.