Ethical Aspects in Research with Adolescents

Abstract

This article reports an experience related to the need for parents or guardians’ consent to include adolescents in research involving contraception and abortion. Ethically, a teenager can receive contraceptive advice without mandatory permission from their parents or guardians. Thus, they could answer, in principle, confidential health questions as a research subject. The reported experience aims to contribute to better understanding of the problems involved with research in this age group, contributing to the discussion on methodological issues and problematization of ethical regulation related to studies with adolescents.