When Ethics and the Law Collide: A Multicenter Demonstration Cohort Study of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Provision to Adolescent Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women in Brazil
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2023
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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
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ZUCCHI, Eliana Miura
FERGUSON, Laura
MAGNO, Laio
DOURADO, Ines
GRECO, Dirceu
FERRAZ, Dulce
TUPINAMBAS, Unai
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JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH, v.73, n.6, suppl.S, p.S11-S18, 2023
Resumo
Purpose: To explore legal and ethical challenges related to adolescents' participation in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) research that may affect their best interests. Methods: We analyzed the ethical principles and legal aspects of the participation of 15-17-year-old men who have sex with men and transgender women in the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) 1519 study, a PrEP demonstration cohort study in three Brazilian cities. The analyses of ethics review committees' (ERCs) evaluations and court decisions followed ethical and human rights principles. An HIV vulnerability score was created, and descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression were performed using data from 347 participants. Results: The ERCs evaluated the benefits and risks of research participation, all finding that the benefits outweighed the risks. ERCs deferred responsibility for decisions about waiving parental consent to the judiciary. State courts reached different decisions about waiving parental consent, reflecting variation in recognition of adolescents' evolving capacities and the adolescent as a subject of sexual rights and the primary agent capable of deciding on their health and best interests. The most vulnerable adolescent participants were found in sites where the blanket waiver was in place. Discussion: Judicializing the ethical review process is detrimental to fulfilling the ethical principle of justice and vulnerable adolescents' access to health research. ERCs must be sufficiently independent and autonomous and have the capacity to respect, protect, and help fulfill the rights of participants while ensuring the generation of adequate evidence to inform public health practice. (c) 2023 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine.
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Adolescents, HIV research, Pre-exposure prophylaxis, Committees, Research ethics, Informed consent, Principle-based ethics
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