Exploring Research Dilemmas: Ethics in Community Healthcare Settings

This essay explores the central dilemmas faced by community healthcare providers when planning research with clinical populations, focusing on research methodological dilemmas and the role of children in research. It discusses ethical issues such as ensuring voluntary participation, obtaining informed consent, protecting privacy, and maintaining confidentiality. The essay also addresses how to handle a client population with a Christian worldview, emphasizing the importance of avoiding bias and adhering to the ACA code of ethics. Furthermore, it examines the essential components of research planning, including research certification, justification for research with special populations, and the choice of research method, highlighting the impact of research outcomes on policies and procedures. The paper references scholarly sources and adheres to APA style guidelines, providing a comprehensive analysis of the dilemmas and ethical considerations in community healthcare research.

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The central dilemmas that community care health providers face in planning research with
clinical populations are the research methodological dilemma and the role of a child in the
research dilemma.
Research Methodological Dilemmas (quantitative/ qualitative dilemma)
They generally include on the choice of the research method, either qualitative or quantitative or
a combined method (Barker & Pistrang, 2015). Research normally gets initiated by the need to
get solutions to problems facing the healthcare using different methodologies. The specific
authorities, as well as clinical care providers, initiate the research process.
Ethical Issues
It is a system of principles which can influence the above considerations concerning actions and
choice. It is the philosophical branch that deals with the dynamics of decision making on what is
right and what is wrong. Ethical issues in research involve the requirements needed in daily
work, dignity protection upon the subjects as well as the publication of the information contained
in the study. There are many examples of ethical considerations that considered when planning
on the methodology of the research. They include; ensuring no subjection of harm to the
participants whatsoever, obtaining full consent of the participants prior to the research, protection
of privacy among the participants of the study, ensuring confidentiality of research data. Further,
the anonymity of all research participants needs maintenance and many other considerations.
How to Handle the Ethical Issues

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Firstly, ensuring that all respondents participate in research voluntary is significantly vital. It
provides that participants will give right information concerning the research prompts. However,
if a respondent decides to withdraw at any stage, they should be allowed to do so freely because
it's their right. Secondly, all respondents should be allowed to participate in the study by
informed consent. The researcher must ensure that they are informed before the research and are
allowed to choose whether to attend or not without any pressure or coercion. Thirdly,
maintenance of proper language should be adhered to and avoid using offensive, discriminatory
expressions. The privacy of the respondents should need a paramount treatment practice in the
study (Herlihy& Corey, 2014).
Handling of A Client Population With A Christian World View
All clients should be handled well based on their religion, and no one should be handed a referral
due to the religious aspects. It is unethical to avoid a population because it differs from your
values. Values remain and vary in a vast scope but taking sides' increases biasness and leads to
poor study. The ACA code of ethics articulates that it's unethical to refer conservative clients
because of differing in values. It also argues that counselors should not impose their values on
the clients.
Research Planning In Methodology
A research plan gives the researcher the chance to discuss the research proposal while identifying
why it's essential and its way of conduct. The methodology of research should be well researched
for, and it should consider the other parts of study such as the certification, justification for the

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research as well as the right choice of the method. Accreditation in research means that you are
licensed to do the study, and you have all the ethical guidelines and legal principles with you
ready for the review. Qualitative method or design is the best for clinical research because it
provides an in-depth data collection from the clients to meet the study objectives. The
justification of research on unique population involves giving the method employed by the
analysis. It provides a clear rationale as well as the best method applicable method while
collecting research data from the individual persons. The choice of the method happens to be a
dilemma for the researcher (Marczyk, 2017).
Impact Of Research Outcome To Policies And Procedures
Just because all the research is done aim at meeting a milestone which has implications on the
field that the analysis is based on it must affect them either positively or negatively.
Policymakers should keep on updating the policies and procedures based on new findings. The
methods on how to apply methodologies in clinical research need updates as per new research
findings.
Role of the Child in the Research

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The work of a clinical researcher encounters the variance in the position that a child plays in the
clinical population of the research process. The dilemma goes by that should the researcher give
a child an opportunity to provide informed consent or should it be at least assent? The child may
be treated either as passive or as a subject in the study because he or she has the perceptions on
the matters that affect their lives.
Ethical Issues
Ethical issues are a set of principles that guide the actions of researchers on what should or
should not get done. Personality is a moral solution to the dilemma of a child in research
(McInroy, 2017). Consent in research is based on the aspects of voluntariness, the capacity to
understand the information and ability to give and be given adequate information. Children who
don't have enough consent, they have it delegated to their parents who have the correct
understanding about their minds although they may develop a clear understanding of the context
during the research.
Handling Of A Client Population With A Christian World View
The ACA code of ethics provides guidelines on how minors should get handled as per their
consent. The permission of the clients is sought for services. The familial legal right should be
considered to ensure that the children clients make the decisions on their behalf according to
section A.2.d of the Act. The children should be treated fairly and not by their Christian religion
(Herlihy& Corey, 2014).
Research Planning in a Population of children

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Research planning in studies where children form part or the whole population is a challenge to
clinical researchers. They should ensure that they obtain all the certification by the relevant
agencies, get a basis of the legal requirements on how to handle children as a particular group,
and define the best research design to enable them to obtain the required information from the
study.
Impact of Research Outcome To Policies And Procedures
Research done about special groups or children need to have their effect effected on the existing
policies and procedures to perfect the methodologies and the ways of handling investigation
concerning children.

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References
Barker, C., & Pistrang, N. (2015). Research methods in clinical psychology: An introduction for
students and practitioners. John Wiley & Sons.
Herlihy, B., & Corey, G. (2014). ACA ethical standards casebook. John Wiley & Sons.
Marczyk, G., DeMatteo, D., & Festinger, D. (2017). Essentials of research design and
methodology. John Wiley.
McInroy, L. B. (2017). Innovative ethics: Using animated videos when soliciting informed
consent of young people for online surveys. Social Work Research, 41(2), 121-128.