Ethical considerations for conducting sexual and reproductive health research with female adolescents engaged in high-risk behaviours in China

• Main Authors: Zhang, Xu-Dong, Luk, Sabrina Ching Yuen, Han, Yue-Hong, Chen, Gui-Rong, Zhang, Gui-Lei, Zhu, Bao-Sheng, Luchters, Stanley
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Sociology; Ethics; Adolescents
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144896
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Chinese female adolescents engaged in sex trade and substance use are often criminalized and stigmatized. As a result of these cultural, legal and political constraints, ethical concerns can discourage investigators from engaging these adolescents in research. This paper aims to address the ethical...