Am I required to obtain IRB (Institutional Review Board) approval for conducting the ACHA-NCHA?
Each surveyor is responsible for securing approval for conducting research involving human subjects from the appropriate campus office, prior to implementing the ACHA-NCHA. The body that grants approval for such surveys on your campus may be referred to as an Institutional (or Internal) Review Board, Human Subjects Committee, Grant Review Board, Research Review Board, or something similar. Many campuses will determine that the ACHA-NCHA presents minimal risk to the participants and grant an exemption or offer an expedited review of the project. Other campuses will require a full review of your proposed research with the ACHANCHA. Whatever the case, you are responsible for securing approval for the ACHA-NCHA, any additional questions added by the campus, and any additional variables you are providing to ACHA for automatic download into your dataset. A copy of such approval must be provided to ACHA before your dataset and reports are processed.
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