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In 2015, Brazil was the scene of an event that attracted global attention: the Zika virus epidemic. This pathogen arrived in the tropics, bringing with it something new to the Zika medical literature: the birth of children with changes in fetal development resulting from vertical transmission of the virus to fetuses. The phenomenon, which was classified as a health emergency, began to be widely studied and numerous studies were carried out with children born with changes associated with the Zika virus. This article analyzes a set of interviews conducted in 2022 with scientists who were directly involved in the response to this epidemic in the Metropolitan Region of Recife. As the research was mostly carried out with children, we reflect here on how this characteristic permeated the scientific work of the researchers involved. The main objective is to promote broader discussions about the act of carrying out research in terms of urgency, addressing questions about scientific relationships, especially between researchers and participants (Zika researchers and children diagnosed with the syndrome). A second objective is to think about how Child Anthropology can find fertile ground for dialogue with other areas that focus on children and childhood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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O Senado Federal brasileiro criou uma Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito (CPI) para investigar as irregularidades do governo Bolsonaro na gestão da pandemia da COVID-19. Um dos casos que chamou a atenção foi a pesquisa realizada pela Prevent Senior, uma seguradora privada de saúde, sobre o tratamento precoce da COVID-19. O artigo analisa a validade científica da pesquisa e os problemas éticos relacionados à sua implementação. Baseia-se na análise do relatório do ensaio clínico da Prevent Senior, dos registros do ensaio clínico em plataformas do Brasil e dos EUA, do relatório da CPI do Senado e nas informações divulgadas pela mídia. Esse caso de fraude científica e viés político-ideológico exemplifica como a Prevent Senior, usando um protocolo questionável para melhorar sua reputação e ganhar o apoio do governo, foi fundamental na construção da narrativa do "tratamento precoce" para a COVID-19, e mostra como serviu de base para uma política pública governamental que promoveu o uso de drogas ineficazes., (© 2022 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)

The present research aimed at verifying researchers' perception about the guidelines recommended by Ethics Committee on accounting research in Brazil. For further detailing of the study, analyzes were split into two groups: researchers who submitted or intended to submit their research protocols to ethical analysis and those who developed their investigations without submitting their research project to ethical analysis by the Research Ethics Committee. For data analysis, descriptive statistics and Exploratory Factor Analysis were used in order to identify the formation of factors arising from the instrument used in the investigation and to rank the factors generated according to the agreement level. Results found that most researchers agree with the requirements advocated by the resolutions in force in the country and that there is a similarity between the perceptions of researchers regarding ethical requirements in research and the risks and benefits of research involving human beings. However, a significant portion of the participants perceive the Ethics Committee as a bureaucratic body. The main research implication is: the fomentation of debate on ethical issues in accounting research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To analyze the fundamentals used by members of Research Ethics Committees in solving ethical and/or moral problems experienced during their activities in these Committees. Methods: Qualitative study, using a self-administered online questionnaire on the Google Forms Platform, which involved 39 effective members of 10 Research Ethics Committees, from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Data analyzed from the Triadic, Humanist, Existentialist, Personalist Configuration. Results: Among the foundations used by members of the Research Ethics Committees to solve moral and/or ethical problems experienced are the instructions and normative documents within the scope of research involving human beings, bioethics, principles and values. Conclusion: The members of the Ethics Committees use norms and bioethics principles to solve moral and/or ethical problems experienced in their activities, with a view to developing research in line with the appropriate ethical and scientific aspects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To characterize members of research ethics committees located in institutions of higher education and in hospitals in a capital of Northeastern Brazil. Methods: A descriptive study, using an online questionnaire, applied on the Google Forms platform, with 39 effective members who worked on research ethics committees in higher education institutions and hospitals as participants. Results: Of the participants who responded, 59.0% were female, 51.2% were brown, 54.0% masters, 49.0% married, 38.4% belong to the professional category teacher (a), 54, 0% of participants said there was no initial training, 51% said there was continuing training, 79.5% reported working on research ethics committees at the institution where they work. Conclusion: The members of the ethics committees of a capital city in northeastern Brazil have the necessary characteristics to act in these collegiate bodies, but there is a need to resize in some aspects so that in fact there can be protection and guarantee to the rights and interests of the research participants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Brazilian associations for research in human, social and applied social sciences have long sought ethical aspects regulation compatible with the epistemological, theoretical and methodological specificities of these sciences. Consequently, the Brazilian regulatory system (Research Ethics Committees/CEPs of the National Research Ethics Commission/CONEP) is currently undergoing an important review process. This article presents the positions taken by the National Association of Research and Postgraduate Studies in Psychology - ANPEPP. The article: (1) highlights the origins of the current ethics review model, based on biomedical research; (2) summarizes criticisms recurrent to this model; (3) identifies the directions required for the improvement of the system; and (4) lists the challenges to be overcome in the current process of creating specific regulations for the human and social sciences. The considerations presented highlight two crucial points that challenge the construction of a specific resolution for research ethics in the human and social sciences: (1) the clear characterization of what is meant by 'research in the human and social sciences' - and that would, therefore, have its ethical review regulated from the perspective of the specific resolution for the human and social sciences; and (2) the definition of parameters from which different risk levels in studies can be identified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Constantly examining and revising the regulations of investigation ethics committees (IEC) is important to help perfect their activities. The objective of this study was to analyze the regulations of investigation ethics committees at the universities in the State of Bahia. The data from this qualitative-quantitative descriptive, documentary study were analyzed with Sphinx software and Thematic Content Analysis Technology. The analysis showed these regulations have similarities and differences among them, and in terms of what is called for in Resolution 196/1996 and the Operating Manual for Investigation Ethics Committees. Consequently, they need to be revised to address those legal documents more appropriately and to improve the activities overseen by these committees in order to take full advantage of the potential that exists and to minimize operational constraints. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The objective of this article is to relate the experience of the Research Ethics Committee of the Secretary of Health, Federal District, Brazil (CEP/SES/DF) during 10 years (1997-2007) from its creation. It deals with a descriptive and documentary evaluation, in the form of case studies, utilizing all projects subject to protocol in CEP/SES/DF (Number 052/08) during that period. The most frequent conflicts were: terms of free and informed consent (30%), identification page (25%), methodology (20%), curriculum vitae (12%), budget (9%), others (4%). The activity report of CEP/SES/DF in 10 years revealed, as a result of its productivity, legitimacy in the process of ethical analysis of protocols which confirms the protection of research participants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article describes the methodological, regulatory, and ethical aspects of the different therapeutic uses of investigational drugs--research extension, compassionate use, and expanded access. Worldwide, the principle challenges of this kind of treatment are: setting minimum quality standards for researchers, as well as institutions, so that projects can include drugs at various stages of development; training of evaluation and assessment committees on the methodological, regulatory, and ethical aspects of new drug research; clearly outlining the relationship between researchers and funding organizations and between researchers and study participants; and understanding the opposition to the recent proposal to enable drug manufacturers to charge for drugs used in research studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]