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THE HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION PROGRAM

THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESEARCH (CHR)

RECRUITMENT and CONSENT PROCESS

Recruitment Guidance
  • Recruitment Guidelines
  • Abbreviated Recruitment Guidelines
  • Advertisements, Notices, and/or Media Format Guidelines
  • Public Search Engines: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
  • Standard Consent Form Format for Recruitment/Future Contact
Consent Guidance
  • Consent Guidelines
  • UCSF Sample/Template Consent and Assent Forms
    • Consent Form Standards: Section-by-Section Discussion
    • Standard Wording for Consent Forms Used in Letters to PIs
    • Treatment and Compensation for Injury Statement Background and Policy
    • Exempt Consent Templates and Guidelines
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VAMC 10-1086 Consent Form
  • Quick Guide: Consent Process and Documentation
  • Table: Waiver of Consent vs. Waiver of Signed Consent
    • Waiver of Consent Guidance
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Waiver of Signed Consent/Verbal or Implied Consent Guidance
  • HIPAA Guidance
    • HIPAA Authorization Forms
  • Consent Guidelines for Vulnerable Subject Populations
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Subjects Who Do Not Read, Speak, or Understand English
     

• Quick Guide: Consenting Non-English Speaking Subjects
    • Surrogate Consent
    • Children and Minors
    • Other Vulnerable Populations: Fetuses, Pregnant Women, Neonates and In Vitro Fertilization; Prisoners; Individuals with Cognitive Impairments; and Subjects in Research in Emergency Settings
  • Certificates of Confidentiality
  • Guidelines for Payment of Research Subjects
  • Research Using Human Biological Specimens
Experimental Subject's Bill of Rights
To download, click on the language below. Contact the CHR for additional translations.
 
Amharic/Ethiopian Farsi Portuguese
Arabic French Romanian
Armenian German Russian
Braille (English)* Hebrew Spanish
Burmese Hmong Tagalog
Cambodian Japanese Thai
Chinese Korean Turkish
Croatian Laotian Ukranian
English Mongolian Vietnamese
   
* Contact the CHR for a copy.

Lay Language Resources for Preparing Consent Forms
  • Alternative Lay Language for Medical Terms in Consent Forms
  • Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Database for Common Language for Risks and Events
• MedicineNet.com - provides simplified descriptions of procedures
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Translation Services
The following companies are provided for your convenience; the CHR does not endorse any translation service.
  • The Language Bank
  • Transperfect
  • Northwest Translations Inc.
• Real World Solutions (RWS) Group
  • Accredited Language Services (ALS)
 

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