Research and legal perspectives on the implications of the family privacy protection act for research and evaluation involving minors

Ralph Renger; Vicki Gotkin; Marjorie Crago; Catherine Shisslak

doi:10.1177/109821409801900203

Research and legal perspectives on the implications of the family privacy protection act for research and evaluation involving minors

Ralph Renger, Vicki Gotkin, Marjorie Crago, Catherine Shisslak

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This paper reviews the Family Privacy Protection Act of 1995 (FPPA) and its potential impact on research and evaluation involving minors. First it discusses the issues surrounding the FPPA as debated in the United States House of Representatives. The FPPA requires written, or "active," consent from the parent/guardian for survey research involving minors, rather than "passive" consent, which researchers have presumed when parents fail to return forms "opting" their children out of studies. The paper then presents perspectives from researchers and an attorney. It concludes with a case presentation in which researchers relied upon passive consent, and discusses how that case might have been different had the FPPA been in effect.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	191-202
Number of pages	12
Journal	American Journal of Evaluation
Volume	19
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/109821409801900203
State	Published - 1998

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