When asked why the app informs a "Pretty Wasted" user that she/he can't consent (even though they're sober enough to be using Good2Go), Allman told The Huffington Post in an email: "If someone answers 'I'm Pretty Wasted' the app will not allow an affirmative consent answer even though they probably aren't at the legal threshold of incapacitation.
For example, a standard opt-in procedure would use an individual not involved with the course to talk students through a consent script, answer questions, and retrieve signed consent forms from consenting subjects.
All it has to do is exercise its overriding constitutional prerogative and give the nominee a little upfront advice before it provides any final consent: Answer our questions, or you won't get confirmed.
Consenting mothers answered a questionnaire assessing demographics, place of delivery, utilization of prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) services, and stigma indicators.
Pregnant women attending the HIV antenatal clinic were sequentially enrolled and consenting participants answered a questionnaire on sexual behavior and previous pregnancies, provided sociodemographic data, and were tested using rapid plasmin reagin (RPR).
During the summer of 2010, 68 mothers who gave informed consent answered a phone interview on asthma when their children were either 11 or 12 years old.
Prior to DXA scans, all participants signed informed consent, answered a questionnaire about demographic and reproductive factors (including age at menarche), and completed duplicate height and weight measurements (triplicate, if two measures were outside of acceptable repeatability).
Participants were required to sign a consent form and answer the questionnaire.
Afterward he gave a little talk on poetry, and then consented to answer questions if there were any.
A total of 105 HCWs were identified by the outbreak team; 98 (93%) consented to answer the questionnaires, and 80 of these 98 (82%) also consented to have SARS serologic tests performed.
After having signed a consent form, they answered a socio-behavioral questionnaire administered by the social worker or by the doctor.
