informed-consent

What problem does it solve?

This Skill helps researchers design robust, ethically sound, and culturally appropriate informed consent processes and documents for qualitative and anthropological research, ensuring compliance and participant understanding.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Process Design: Guides the selection of appropriate consent modes (written, verbal, tiered, community-based) based on research context, methods, and participant population.
• Document Drafting: Assists in writing clear, plain-language consent forms, information sheets, oral consent scripts, and media consent clauses.
• Cultural Adaptation: Provides strategies for adapting consent to diverse cultural norms, literacy levels, and power dynamics.
• Use Case: A researcher planning an interview study with a low-literacy population in a non-Western context can use this Skill to develop a verbal consent process with an illustrated information sheet and an appropriate documentation strategy for their IRB.

Quick Start

Use the informed-consent skill to draft a consent form for a study involving audio recordings of interviews with adults.