Navigating ethical and legal challenges in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study: Lessons learned from the ethics, law, policy working group

• Published in: Developmental cognitive neuroscience Vol. 70; p. 101460
• Main Authors: Kingsley, Jenny, Andraka-Christou, Barbara, Shah, Seema K., Spicer, Paul, Newman, Sharlene, Ossorio, Pilar N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2024; Elsevier
• Subjects: Brain; Child; Child Development; Female; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Law; Longitudinal Studies; Original Research; Pediatrics; Pregnancy; Prospective Studies; Reproductive rights; Research ethics; Research regulation; Substance use; United States; United States; Pregnancy; Substance use; Research regulation; Pediatrics; Law; Reproductive rights; Research ethics

The HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study, a multi-site prospective longitudinal cohort study, will examine human brain, cognitive, behavioral, social, and emotional development beginning prenatally and planned through early childhood. The HBCD study has faced several ethical and legal ch...