Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Multicenter Study
Factors Influencing the Conduction of Confidential Conversations with Adolescents in the Emergency Department: A Multi-Center, Qualitative Analysis.
Health care providers (HCPs) in the emergency department (ED) frequently must decide whether to conduct or forego confidential conversations with adolescent patients about sensitive topics, such as those related to mental health, substance use, and sexual and reproductive health. The objective of this multicenter qualitative analysis was to identify factors that influence the conduct of confidential conversations with adolescent patients in the ED. ⋯ The factors influencing the conduct of confidential conversations included multiple TDF domains, elucidating how numerous intersecting factors influence whether ED HCPs address sensitive adolescent health needs. These data suggest methods to enhance and facilitate confidential conversations when deemed appropriate in the care of adolescents in the ED.
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The exception from informed consent (EFIC) rule was adopted in 1996, permitting waiver of informed consent for certain emergency research, including trials funded by the U.S. government. The rule requires prospective consent from patients or their legally authorized representative(s) (LAR) if practicable. For those enrolled without consent, the patient or their LAR must be given an opportunity to opt out from continued participation at the earliest opportunity. We sought to census the trials conducted under the EFIC rule to facilitate research to better understand how the rule is being used. ⋯ We have compiled a census of trials conducted under the U.S. FDA's EFIC rule, the availability of which we hope will stimulate further in-depth data collection and analysis of this set of trials.