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Research Ethics Initial Checklist

This ethics checklist should be completed for every research project. It is used to identify whether a full application for ethics approval needs to be submitted.

Project title

Project details

Name of researcher (applicant)

Role

Email

Research Ethics Initial Checklist

Please answer each question by ticking the appropriate box

**Research Ethics Initial Checklist**

Please answer each question by ticking the appropriate box
	Yes	No
1. Does the study involve participants who are particularly vulnerable or unable to give informed consent? (e.g., children, people with learning difficulties, patients)	Yes	No
2. Will it be necessary for participants to take part in the study without their knowledge and consent at the time? (eg covert observation of people in non- public places)	Yes	No
3. Will the study involve discussion of sensitive topics? (eg sexual activity, drug use, politics)	Yes	No
4. Are drugs, placebos or other substances (eg food substances, vitamins) to be administered to the study participants, or will the study involve invasive, intrusive or potentially harmful procedures of any kind?	Yes	No
5. Will tissue samples (including blood) be obtained from participants?	Yes	No
6. Is pain or more than mild discomfort likely to result from the study?	Yes	No
7. Could the study induce psychological stress, discomfort, anxiety or cause harm or negative consequences beyond the risks encountered in normal life?	Yes	No
8. Is there a possibility that the safety of the researcher may be in question? (eg in international research: locally employed research assistants)	Yes	No
9. Will the research involve respondents to the internet or other visual/vocal methods where respondents may be identified?	Yes	No
10. Will financial inducement (other than reasonable expenses, compensation for time and compensation based on performance) be offered to participants?	Yes	No
11. Will the study involve actively deceiving the participants? (e.g., will participants be deliberately falsely informed, will information be withheld from them or will they be misled in such a way that they are likely to object or show unease when debriefed about the study)	Yes	No

Your research project has already been approved by another Ethics Committee

Yes

No

Details about the approval by another Ethics Committee

Date of Approval

Institution