Review the main ideas about privacy and confidentiality when other people are present . Be sure to ask any questions you have about the main ideas.
Researchers also need to think about privacy and confidentiality when participants bring someone with them.
Other people do not have a right to know research participants’ information.
You can ask your project leader for help when you are not sure what to do about something the person the research participant brought with them says or does.
Practice using these ideas with the discussion questions.
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What are some concerns or challenges the Mental Health for All team might have about how they will keep research participants’ information private and confidential?
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- How can they keep research participants’ information private and confidential?
Practice using these ideas with the “putting it into action” activities.