Inappropriate
disclosure. In
interviews, you may have someone tell you things that are inappropriate, such
scenarios include child or abuse, and disclosing medical or education
information.
What
to do? As soon
as you realize where they are going, stop them. Say that this is information
you should not be told and move on with the study. The exception, is if you are
a mandated reporter (check the laws in your state, some states say that
everyone is a mandated reporter for child or elder abuse), in this case you are
ethically required to report the incident to the appropriate authorities. I
suggest first consulting with your committee and the IRB. Your status as a
mandated reporter must be disclosed in the consent form. Such disclosures are
unusual, but you need to be prepared in case they do happen.
Whenever you run
into something unexpected, know that you can contact your methodologist and/ or
the IRB for help. Next time, we will consider issues in quantitative data
analyses.
Next time, I will consider reviewing your own work. Do you
have an issue or a question that you would like me to discuss in a future post?
Would you like to be a guest writer? Send me your ideas!
leann.stadtlander@waldenu.edu
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