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For participants aged 12 17, parental consent was obtained prior to seeking assent from the adolescent.
A large body of literature articulates the ethical and legal imperatives for seeking assent and consent from children [ 18- 20].
The UK's Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health guidelines, suggest that investigators should consider seeking assent from school going children [ 2].
Fixing the threshold does not imply that content of information provided while seeking assent should not be influenced by considerations of development.
For research conducted in emergency or desperate situations, seeking assent from a child may be viewed by such bodies and by local researchers and health professionals as a hindrance, time consuming and potentially harmful.
Likewise, the ELFE study has not yet decided this issue, but anticipates seeking assent around age ten to 12 and will seek further guidance from ethics committees about obtaining consent from minors as they mature.
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Argumentation, whether it be called rhetorical or dialectical, always aims at persuading or convincing the audience to whom it is addressed of the value of the theses for which it seeks assent.
We will therefore seek assent from the girls themselves and consent from a parent.
Each hospital held internal discussion after which the study team sought assent regarding the hospital's participation in the study.
We often seek assent from families for procedures and to provide some history as a surrogate to patient interview.
As a part of the local requirements we have to seek assent from these children in addition to their parent's consent.
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