Resources

Publications

NEAC has produced a number of publications and documents, which are listed under the following categories:

Intervention studies
Observational studies
Elective services
Pandemic planning and response
Goals, Objectives and Desired Outcomes of an Ethical Review System (GODO)
Health and disability research - review of processes for ethical review
Annual reports

Intervention Studies
Ethics of Intervention Studies: Discussion Document and draft Ethical Guidelines for Intervention Studies (June 2008)
NEAC is seeking feedback on its Discussion Document and draft Ethical Guidelines for Intervention Studies to make the proposed Guidelines as useful as possible.

Health professionals offer ‘interventions’ to prevent, diagnose or treat illness or disease. They need to know which interventions are safe and effective for the people who seek their help. Intervention studies are their main source of reliable information on this subject.

NEAC’s work on intervention studies aims to contribute to better health outcomes and reduced health inequalities for New Zealanders by assisting researchers to perform sound intervention studies.

Your feedback is invited by Wednesday 23 July 2008.

Observational Studies

Ethical Guidelines for Review of Observational Studies: Observational Research, Audits and Related Activities (Dec 2006)
NEAC has developed guidelines on conducting observational studies in an ethical manner that are intended to facilitate high quality studies, protect the interests of participants, and underpin public assurance of good study conduct. The guidelines are available in combination with a two-page summary guidance sheet for easy reference.

Information and advice on the ethical review of observational studies, including application forms, can be found on the New Zealand Health and Disability Ethics Committees website

Elective Services

Ethical Issues in Elective Services: NEAC Report to the Minister of Health (Feb 2007)
NEAC completed work on ethical issues in elective services and provided advice to the Minister of Health in September 2006. See also: NEAC advice on elective services.

Booking Systems for Elective Services: Literature Scan to Identify Ethical Issues of National Significance (Feb 2005)
This report to NEAC is based on a scan of literature reporting research and developments related to New Zealand’s booking system. The purpose is to assist NEAC identify any ethical issues of national significance addressed, or raised, about booking systems for elective services. The focus is on publications reporting research and/or discussing the New Zealand booking system and accompanying policy.

Pandemic Planning and Response

Getting Through Together: Ethical values for a pandemic (July 2007)
NEAC has completed its work on ethical values for a pandemic. Getting Through Together emphasises using shared values to help people to care for themselves, their whānau and their neighbours, and using shared values to make decisions in situations of overwhelming demand. Getting Through Together also gives guidance on some key issues in pandemic ethics. The Minister issued a media release on 2 July 2007 in response to NEAC’s pandemic work.

Ethical Values for Planning for and Responding to a Pandemic in New Zealand: A Statement for Discussion (Jul 2006)
NEAC prepared a statement of ethical values for planning for and responding to a pandemic. It identifies widely shared ethical values for our pandemic planning and response. NEAC sought feedback to make the statement as reflective of shared values, and as useful, as possible.

Goals, Objectives and Desired Outcomes of an Ethical Review System (GODO)
GODO statement
The National Ethics Advisory Committee – Kāhui Matatika o te Motu (NEAC) has issued a statement of Goals, Objectives, and Desired Outcomes of an Ethical Review System (GODO) in accordance with its statutory function to determine nationally consistent ethical standards across the health sector.
The ethical review system includes ethical aspects of self-review, peer review, ethics committee review, and specialist review of health and disability research and related activity. It applies established ethical standards to research and related activity. GODO states established goals, objectives and desired outcomes that are to be applied to the ethical review system itself.

Health and Disability Research - Review of Processes for Ethical Review

Review of the Current Processes for ethical Review of Health and Disability Research in New Zealand (May 2004)

Review of the Current Processes for ethical Review of Health and Disability Research in New Zealand - a report to the Minister of Health.

Annual Reports

NEAC Annual Report 2007

NEAC Annual Report 2006

NEAC Annual Report 2005

NEAC Annual Report 2004

NEAC Annual Report 2003

NEAC Annual Report 2002

Page last updated: 27 January 2009