In science and conservation, empowering the people most affected
by Cameron Pugh
Mar 05, 2024
4 minutes
1. United States and Kenya
More scientists are sharing their study results with participants as they seek to raise ethical standards. In an international survey of clinical trials from 2014 to 2015, only about one-quarter of researchers said they provided participants with a summary of their findings in language understandable to a layperson.
But in an example of how scientists can create better connections even with remote communities, Carla Handley of Arizona State University readily agreed in 2017 to share the results of her genetics research on the Borana ethnic group in northern Kenya, at community elders’ request. A new project funded by the National Institutes of Health later made it possible
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