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Nursing and Healthcare 2019 Journal of Primary Care and General Practice | Volume 2
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ASSENT AND CONSENT IN PEDIATRIC AND ADOLESCENT RESEARCH:
SCHOOL CHILDREN’S PERSPECTIVES
Nihaya A Al-sheyab1, Mahmoud A Alomari1 , Omar F Khabour1,2, Khulood K Shattnawi1
and Karem H Alzoubi1
1Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
2Taibah University, Saudi Arabia
S chool students’views and perceptions of informed parental consent and child assent about child participat-
ing in research in the Middle East are not known. Focus group interviews were conducted to understand
high-school students’ perspectives toward child and adolescent assents and consents in research including
the importance of, and depth of information needed in consent and assent, and perception toward written
versus verbal consent and assent. The majority of students agreed that it is necessary to take parental approval
and they would not participate in research if their parents refuse. Furthermore, the majority of male students
agreed that if the research requires only questionnaires to be completed, then child’s approval is sufficient
whereas measures, such as blood sugar screening required approval from both the parent and child. Females
believed it is enough to provide parental consent to participate in research unless information provided is
adequate, then child approval is enough. All students stressed on the importance of including detailed infor-
mation, however, parental consent needs to have a more detailed information than child assent. In conclusion,
parts of the students’ perceptions were congruent, whereas other views were not congruent with proper con-
duct of paediatric research. Such a situation warrants further research and actions.
Nihaya A Al-sheyab et al., J Prim Care Gen Pract 2019, Volume 2
Nihaya A Al-sheyab had graduated from the faculty of health at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, in 2009
majoring in adolescent health behaviour modification. His main research interest is examining the effect of peer-led
education on school students’ lifestyle behaviours including tobacco smoking. She is currently the principal inves-
tigator for several funded research projects mainly focusing on healthy lifestyle adoption by adolescents in Jordan
and Australia focusing on adolescent tobacco smoking. She is currently the principal investigator for several funded
research projects mainly focusing on healthy lifestyle adoption by adolescents in Jordan and Australia focusing on ad-
olescent tobacco smoking. Additionally, Nihaya was appointed as a vice dean from 2015-2016 in the faculty of nursing
at JUST which helped her to prioritize the health needs of the local communities, and thus organize and manage rele-
vant activities effectively. Prior to this position, Nihaya was the chairman of the department of community and mental
health nursing at JUST, through which she had conducted several community-based activities and open medical days
to improve health and well-being of youth and women in particular in rural and urban suburbs in Jordan.
BIOGRAPHY