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, we will discuss breaches of confidentiality. Do
you have an issue or a question that you would like me to discuss in a future
post? Send me an email with your ideas. leann.stadtlander@waldenu.edu
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