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“It is essential to conduct research, make evidence-based decisions and derive policies in public health using data from well-designed studies that are appropriately analyzed. Working as a biostatistician at Ohio State allows me to engage in a wide range of applications that are seeking to reduce disease burden and improve public health. Additionally, we are training the next generation of biostatistical researchers to advance methodologies for solving new statistical challenges posed by collecting complex, high-dimensional and high-volume data.”
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Scientist: HB Franchino-Olsen, assistant professor, Division of Health Behavior and Health Promotion
Study’s aim: As a team studying violence against children, we often hear from other researchers who want to include young children in their research but are concerned or confused about how to do so safely, ethically and in a way that creates high-quality data. This project sought to answer some of those questions using data from our work and recommendations from our team of violence and child development experts.
Key finding: Including young children in research honors their right to be heard and gives researchers valuable data, and can also be meaningful and transformative to the child participant. It is meaningful to show them there are adults who believe them, and they don’t need to be silent about violence in their lives.
How could this advance your field? Some in the field have avoided including children out of ethical concerns. This work supports including young children, and shows that meaningful safeguards exist that allow us to safely bring them into research about violence in their lives. The findings place children back at the center of our work by declaring that their voices matter and offering meaningful and practical guidance for their inclusion.
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