Review the main ideas about consent to be in a research study. Be sure to ask any questions you have about the main ideas.
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Consent must be:
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Informed: people have all the information about the study they need.
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Voluntary: people making their own choice anyone pressuring them.
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Ongoing: people can say no at any time during the study.
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Practice using these ideas with the discussion questions.
What does it mean to be informed?
What information would you want to know about a research study before deciding to be in it?
What does it mean to make a voluntary choice?
What does it mean that being in a research study is an ongoing decision?
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What are some signs that someone changed their mind and does not want to be in a research study anymore?
Your team can choose to do add-on activities related to consent.