Welcome to TREAD (The Research Ethics Application Database), an open access, online repository of Research Ethics Committee (REC) application forms and consent statements. TREAD is hosted jointly (from December 2016) by The Global Health Network and the Social Research Association. We welcome those who would like to read how researchers have articulated ethical principles in their subject area or methodology; and invite researchers to contribute to the resource and submit their own examples of application forms and consent statements.
To access TREAD applications, first read the TREAD members Code of Practice.
To contribute your ethics application documentation click here.
This framework, with examples, is intended as a practical tool to assist research stakeholders with identifying opportunities for benefit sharing, and inculcating intentional benefit sharing in their research programmes from inception. www.pha4ge.org Read more
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Global Health Social Science is an open access collaborative forum for anyone working in global health and using qualitative and participatory research methods. We aim to provide a space to facilitate dialogue, share new resources and reflect on practice.
Go to pageResearch Ethics Online Training is adapted from an e-Learning course and resource package designed and produced by the World Health Organization (WHO) for use by internal staff. Research is a vital ingredient for improved global health and scientifically sound and ethically appropriate research is especially important in resource-poor settings where the need for locally applicable research findings is so great. Access the course here.
This free and open access e-Learning resource has been adapted from the Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center at Harvard University (Harvard MRCT) Ethics Tool Kit. The Ethics Tool Kit was created to encourage protocol authors to address ethical issues in the design of studies and document their rationale in a section of the protocol that will be easily understood by review boards and investigators. This e-Learning resource will guide the development of a dedicated “Ethics section” of the protocol in which these Essential Elements are addressed or cross-referenced to other sections of the protocol. This tool will enable a quality and efficient review of a protocol’s ethical considerations by ethics committees. Access the course here.