The IPA toolkit is an invitation to research teams to embark on a collective journey toward enacting ethical principles for Indigenous and community collaborations. We saw a need for a free, public, and accessible ethics training to support community research partnerships. In response, we came together as a team of community members, researchers, and IRB staff to collaboratively develop a video-based training. We initially developed what is now the IPA toolkit to specifically serve as a pathway for community members to participate as “investigators” on research protocols at Utah State University. While it still serves that purpose, we have added a toolkit of resources, including Module Guides, to support community research teams develop the ethical infrastructure needed to support their work.

We welcome broad uses and applications of the NSF-funded IPA toolkit to serve the particular needs of community research teams.

Pre-Training Consideration: How to Engage your Research Ethics Committee

We designed the IPA training as a set of 8 modules to be completed in succession. That said, we welcome your team to adopt this training in whatever way y’all find most useful. We have developed a toolkit of resources to support your team on your collective journey to identify ethical principles to support your research.

MODULE 1: HISTORY AND CONTEXT OF RESEARCH

MODULE 2: WHAT IS RESEARCH AND THE IRB?

MODULE 3: RISKS AND BENEFITS

MODULE 4: CONFIDENTIALITY & PRIVACY

MODULE 5: INFORMED CONSENT

MODULE 6: CHILDREN IN RESEARCH

MODULE 7: POWER AND VULNERABILITY

MODULE 8: REFLECTIONS & ENACTMENTS

Learn more about why we developed this training.

As with all our work, the IPA training is in a constant state of refinement. If you have feedback to share about your experience with this training, please contact us here.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No #1943630. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.