Joseph Trimble speaks on health research at Conn. institute

Joseph E. Trimble (Psychology) delivered an invited address in November 2010 titled "Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research with Ethnocultural Populations" at the Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, Practice Oriented Translational Research at the University of Connecticut Health Center in collaboration with the Institute for Community Research all located in Hartford, Conn. The lecture series is part of an annual series emphasizing community based participatory health research.

Trimble's lecture encouraged ethical decision making for conducting research with ethnocultural populations that reflect the unique historical and socio-cultural realities of ethnic and racial people and their communities. The lecture followed four ethical dimensions of culturally sensitive research: (1) applying a cultural perspective to the evaluation of research risk and benefits; (2) developing and implementing culturally respectful informed consent procedures; (3) constructing culturally appropriate confidentiality and disclosure policies; and (4) engaging in community and participant consultation with a standard of "principled cultural sensitivity."

In addition to the lecture, Trimble met with several local research groups to participate in panel discussions about community based participatory research.