Guidance and Resources

This section provides guidance and resources relating to the ethical review of health and disability research. There is information of relevance to researchers, ethics committee members, and study participants.

Guidance on ethical research and review
Guidance on undertaking ethical research, including specific types of research (eg, different participant groups). Also, principles that are considered in the review of research proposals.

• Operational Standard for Ethics Committees (Provides guidance on principles that should be considered in the review of research proposals.)
• Ethical Guidelines for Observational Studies
• Guidelines on Using Cells from Established Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines for Research
• Guidelines for the Use of Human Tissue for Future Unspecified Research Purposes
• Guidelines for Researchers on Health Research Involving Māori
• Health Information Privacy Code
• Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights
• Ethics in Health Research
• Guidelines for an Accredited Institutional Ethics Committee to refer Studies to an Accredited Health and Disability Ethics Committee
• Ethics Review newsletter

Consultation on guidelines
Includes current and past discussion documents, submission summaries, and final published guidelines.


Committee resources
Resources relating to administration of the health and disability ethics committees, and information relevant to committee members.

• Ethical Considerations Relating to Research in Human Genetics
• Consent in Child and Youth Health: Information for Practitioners
• Guidelines on Pacific Health Research
• Guidelines from Operational Standard for Ethics Committees. Includes the following:
  • children
  • people with intellectual disabilities
  • unconscious participants
  • Māori
  • participants with a terminal illness
  • older persons
  • healthy participants
  • clinical evaluation of established practice

Related committees and organisations
Links to related committees and organisations in New Zealand and overseas.

• Interim Good Clinical Research Practice Guideline
• Researched Medicines Industry Guidelines

Page last updated: 13 December 2007