Here is a list of resources that can help support ethically sound disaster research.
These resources include tools, trainings, and other relevant resources that can be accessed through the embedded hyperlinks. You can also download and save these resources as a PDF.
Tools and Trainings
- Best Practices for Ethical Post-Disaster Community Outreach and Engagement—CONVERGE Extreme Events Research Check Sheets Series
- Disaster Health Core Curriculum-Core Competency 9: Ethical Principles
- Institutional Review Board (IRB) Checklist for Human Subjects Research—CONVERGE Extreme Events Research Check Sheets Series
- WHO’s Ethics in Epidemics, Emergencies and Disasters: Research, Surveillance and Patient Care Training Manual
- R2HC Research Ethics Tool
Screening Instruments
Citizen Science Resources
- Quality Assurance Handbook and Guidance Documents for Citizen Science Projects
- Data Management Guide for Public Participation in Scientific Research
- CitizenScience.gov Manage Your Data
Other Web Resources
- Ethical Issues to Consider in Developing, Evaluating, and Conducting Research Post-Disaster
- SAMHSA’s Disaster Technical Assistance Center Supplemental Research Bulletin: Challenges and Considerations in Disaster Research
- Public Health Code of Ethics
- Adapted Summary of a Public Health Ethics Framework
- The Sphere Handbook
- ASPR TRACIE’s Topic Collection: Ethics
- Research in Global Health Emergencies
