Ethics Learning from Young Lives: 20 years on
This report outlines challenges faced by Young Lives as they tracked 12,000 children who joined 20 years ago, and who are now young adults
Abstract
Many complex ethics questions arise in the conduct of longitudinal research in low- and - middle income countries (LMICs), particularly in studies that involve children and other potentially vulnerable social groups over long periods of time. Young Lives strives to adhere to agreed ethical standards which emphasise principles of justice, respect and informed consent, and of maximising benefits while avoiding doing harm to the people in our study. Whist there is a well-developed ethics literature on children and youth in social research, less is published on the lessons learned in navigating research ethics in longitudinal studies. This report outlines some of the main ethics challenges faced by Young Lives as they have tracked the 12,000 children who joined Young Lives 20 years ago, and who are now adolescents and young adults.
This is an output of the Young Lives at Work programme
Citation
Gina Crivello, Virgina Morrow (2021) Ethics Learning from Young Lives: 20 years on. Young Lives