From: Evaluating institutional capacity for research ethics in Africa: a case study from Botswana
 | Component | Description | Respondents |
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1 | Review of published documents | 1.University Research Strategy | Â |
2.Policy on Ethics and Ethical conduct in research | |||
3.Guidelines on the ethical conduct of research involving humans as participants at the University of Botswana | |||
4.Application for IRB approval for research involving human participants | |||
5.Checklist for ethical review by the IRB members | |||
2 | Institutional Survey | Focuses on current research ethics capacity, organizational and operational structures, practices, training, policies, funding, and human resources. | Institutional leaders |
3 | In-depth interviews | Interviews conducted with the aim of exploring key facts and activities by institution in the areas of health research, research ethics and bioethics. | •Departmental heads |
•Research ethics committee chairs | |||
•Senior academics | |||
•Researcher representatives | |||
4 | Focus group discussions | To assess experiences with ethics training, ethics review procedures, and institutional relationships. | •IRB members |
•Researchers | |||
•Research staff | |||
•Graduate student representatives | |||
5 | Survey of IRB Representatives | An individual survey focusing on perception of IRB operations and needs | Members of the IRB |