Co-producing culturally responsive consent in research

Co-producing culturally responsive consent in research
Emily Oliver, Sandy Chaar, Imad Abou Khalil
Humanitarian Practice Network, 12 June 2023
Excerpt
What happens when approaches for consent are co-produced by communities with local researchers and mental health and psychosocial support workers responding to their values, instead of embedding Western concepts that can have unintended consequences far beyond this first formal step of participation? GOAL partners at the Lebanese National Mental Health Programme, War Child and BeyondText are curious about whether more participatory approaches to consent, beyond traditional text-based materials, might be more effective at developing trust, understanding and participation, ultimately helping to create the conditions for more relevant research and interventions and a stronger mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) system in Lebanon…