Aarons Derrick
Dev World Bioeth. 2018 Dec;18(4):375-384. doi: 10.1111/dewb.12157. Epub 2017 Jul 28.
Various forms of research are essential in emergency, disaster and disease outbreak situations, but challenges exist including the long length of time it takes to get research proposals approved. Consequently, it would be very advantageous to have an acceptable model for efficient coordination and communication between and among research ethics committees/IRBs and ministries of health, and templates for expediting (done with speed and efficiency) ethical review of research proposals in emergency and epidemic situations to be used across the Caribbean and in other low and middle income countries. This project involved a literature search and the interviewing of ministry of health officials, public health practitioners, and research ethics committee/IRB members in Jamaica and St. Lucia, to obtain suggestions for the best model for efficient coordination and communication between research ethics committees (RECs), and developed a template for expediting review of research protocols in epidemic and emergency conditions.
在紧急情况、灾难和疾病爆发情况下，各种形式的研究至关重要，但也存在挑战，包括研究提案获批所需的时间较长。因此，拥有一个可接受的模式，用于研究伦理委员会/机构审查委员会与卫生部之间以及它们相互之间进行高效协调和沟通，并拥有加快（快速且高效地完成）紧急和疫情情况下研究提案伦理审查的模板，以便在加勒比地区以及其他低收入和中等收入国家使用，将非常有利。该项目包括文献检索，以及对牙买加和圣卢西亚的卫生部官员、公共卫生从业者和研究伦理委员会/机构审查委员会成员进行访谈，以获取关于研究伦理委员会（RECs）之间高效协调和沟通的最佳模式的建议，并制定了在疫情和紧急情况下加快研究方案审查的模板。
