Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học đề tài : The role of disclosure in relation to assent to participate in HIV-related research among HIV-infected youth: a formative study | Journal of the International AIDS Society BioMed Central Open Access The role of disclosure in relation to assent to participate in HIV-related research among HIV-infected youth a formative study Amy Cornell 1 Lara Vaz2 Jennyfer Dulyx1 Serge Omba3 Stuart Rennie4 5 and Frieda Behets1 Address Department of Epidemiology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill USA 2Department of Health Behavior Health Education University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill USA 3School of Public Health University of Kinshasa Kinshasa Democratic Republic of Congo 4Department of Dental Ecology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill USA and 5Department of Social Medicine University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill USA Email Amy Corneli - acorneli@ Lara Vaz - lvaz@ Jennyfer Dulyx - jdulyx@ Serge Omba - ombaosodu@ Stuart Rennie - stuart_rennie@ Frieda Behets - frieda_behets@ Corresponding author Published 27 August 2009 Received 7 March 2009 Journal of the International AIDS Society 2009 12 17 doi 1758-2652-12-17 Accepted 27 August 2009 This article is available from http content 12 1 17 2009 Corneli et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The objective of this study was to develop a culturally appropriate approach for obtaining assent from children aged eight to 17 years to participate in paediatric HIV-related operational research in Kinshasa Democratic Republic of Congo DRC . Included within this objective was to determine whether or not HIV disclosure should be included as part of the assent process prior to research participation a component of research participation or not incorporated in any aspect of the child s involvement in the
