The Role of Parental Consent in Adolescent Substance Use Research

Rojas, Neal L.; Sherrit, Lon; Harris, Sion Kim; Knight, John R.

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.07.011

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“…29,44 That the survey was kept confidential and that young people could consent to participation without asking their parents may also have favoured this high participation rate and avoided an unwelcome selection bias. 45 All the GPs involved in the pilot test worked in urban settings, and all but one worked in single-or two-doctor practices. Thus, the findings from this pilot study may not necessarily be generalised to other practice settings.…”

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Brief intervention addressing excessive cannabis use in young people consulting their GP: a pilot study

Haller¹,

Meynard²,

Lefebvre³

et al. 2009

Br J Gen Pract

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SettingSeven family practices in Switzerland. MethodThe team collaborated with GPs and young people to develop the intervention. Seven GPs piloted its use in their consultations. Patients aged 15 to 24 years consulting for any health problem were recruited before the consultation. Cannabis use, other substance use, and their psychosocial correlates were assessed with a short confidential questionnaire administered before the consultation and 1 month later. GPs, staff, and patients were asked to comment on the study and its feasibility. ResultsOf 81 young people invited to participate, 78 (70% female) agreed (participation rate: 96%). One in seven (13.2%, 95% confidence interval = 7.5% to 18.9%) used cannabis at least once a week. Data at 1 month were available for 42% who had provided email contact details and 91% of those who had provided their mobile phone number (63% overall). In most cases, the intervention lasted no more than 5 minutes. Comments from participants added favourable data towards the feasibility of the study. ConclusionThis pilot study provides a solid base on which to build a randomised trial of a brief intervention addressing cannabis use in young people consulting in family practice.

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Section: Strengths and Limitations Of The Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

Brief intervention addressing excessive cannabis use in young people consulting their GP: a pilot study

Haller¹,

Meynard²,

Lefebvre³

et al. 2009

Br J Gen Pract

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“…49 Traditional clinical research fails to appeal to adolescents' interests, generally does not use age-appropriate modes of communication, and is unlikely to tap into peercondoned behaviours and activities. 44,50 Studies that involve more adolescent-friendly protocols, including internet and SMS facilities, are starting to appear in the literature with some encouraging results , although to date the adolescent obesity literature is sparse. [51][52][53][54][55][56] Much clinical research relies on hospital and health-care networks.…”

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“…If there are conflicts around autonomy, a normal event for adolescents and their parents, then the adolescent may choose to decline to participate and parents would be unable to enforce their own choice. 50 Alternatively, parents may decline to provide consent, even though the adolescent states that they are willing to participate and the research team believes that the adolescent is fully informed and capable of making a decision. This may arise because parents have objections to the nature of the research or of the commitment required.…”

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Clinical research in adolescents: challenges and opportunities using obesity as a model

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Adolescent medicine is relatively young, compared to paediatric or adult medicine. Descriptive and observational studies have dominated the adolescent literature, including those studies published in the International Journal of Obesity. In addition, many studies have combined child and adolescent age groups, making it difficult to determine adolescent-specific outcomes. It is important that high quality intervention studies in adolescents occur. Adolescence is a time of extraordinary plasticity. Habits, attitudes and physical morbidity that develop during adolescence set up trajectories that have a profound influence on health and wellbeing for the long term. Overweight and obesity are an excellent example of the need for high quality intervention studies and yet in the last two decades there have been very few randomized, controlled trials of overweight and obesity management in adolescents. There are a number of complexities in adolescent research that create additional challenges to those that accompany any clinical research. These include recruitment and retention, issues around consent and confidentiality and the central role that parents play in supporting the research protocol. Pubertal stage is a potential confounder and needs to be accurately measured. This is certainly true for studies in overweight and obesity where excess adiposity influences pubertal and other hormones. The opportunities to undertake quality research in adolescents are likely to be enhanced by the use of novel approaches which acknowledge the unique features of adolescents and their world.

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“…Adolescents can be difficult to engage in the research process since parental consent is often required for youth under 18 [4,16]. This can be even more challenging when, as is the case with this study, the study involves sensitive issues such as substance use [16,26]. Adolescents also present unique challenges for tracking and retention, changing their emails and cell phone numbers and, as they transition to young adulthood, changing their addresses multiple times as they move off to college or their own homes.…”

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Recruitment of adolescents for a smoking study: use of traditional strategies and social media

Rait

Prochaska

Rubinstein

2015

Behav. Med. Pract. Policy Res.

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Engaging and retaining adolescents in research studies is challenging. Social media offers utility for expanding the sphere of research recruitment. This study examined and compared traditional and Facebook-based recruitment strategies on reach, enrollment, cost, and retention. Substance users aged 13-17 years were recruited through several methods, including social media, a study website, fliers, talks in schools, bus ads, and referrals. Study involvement included a one-time visit and semiannual follow-up surveys. 1265 individuals contacted study personnel; 629 were ineligible; 129 declined; and 200 participants enrolled. Facebook drew the greatest volume but had a high rate of ineligibles. Referrals were the most successful and cost-effective ($7 per enrolled participant); school talks were the least. Recruitment source was unrelated to retention success. Facebook may expand recruitment reach, but had greater financial costs and more ineligible contacts, resulting in fewer enrollees relative to traditional interpersonal recruitment methods. Referrals, though useful for study engagement, did not provide a differential benefit in terms of long-term retention.

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The Role of Parental Consent in Adolescent Substance Use Research

Cited by 75 publications

References 29 publications

Brief intervention addressing excessive cannabis use in young people consulting their GP: a pilot study

Brief intervention addressing excessive cannabis use in young people consulting their GP: a pilot study

Clinical research in adolescents: challenges and opportunities using obesity as a model

Recruitment of adolescents for a smoking study: use of traditional strategies and social media

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