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| Title |
Environmental health and justice and the right to research: institutional review board denials of community-based chemical biomonitoring of breast milk
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| Published in |
Environmental Health, November 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12940-015-0076-x |
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| Authors |
Dvera I. Saxton, Phil Brown, Samarys Seguinot-Medina, Lorraine Eckstein, David O. Carpenter, Pamela Miller, Vi Waghiyi |
| Abstract |
Recently, conflicts and challenges have emerged regarding environmental justice and research ethics for some indigenous communities. Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT) responded to community requests for breast milk biomonitoring and conceived the Breast Milk Pilot Study (BMPS). Despite having community support and federal and private funding, the BMPS remains incomplete due to repeated disapprovals by the Alaska Area IRB (Institutional Review Board). In this commentary, we explore the consequences of years of IRB denials, in terms of health inequalities, environmental justice, and research ethics. We highlight the greater significance of this story with respect to research in Alaska Native communities, biomonitoring, and global toxics regulation. We offer suggestions to community-based researchers conducting biomonitoring projects on how to engage with IRBs in order to cultivate reflective, context-based research ethics that better consider the needs and concerns of communities. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 4 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 61 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 15% |
| Researcher | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 8% |
| Librarian | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 21% |
| Unknown | 16 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Social Sciences | 17 | 27% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 6% |
| Psychology | 3 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 19% |
| Unknown | 18 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 February 2021.
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#441
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