In a longitudinal study that will follow children from kindergarten through high school and will collect information about illegal activities, which of the following confidentiality procedures would protect against compelled disclosure of individually identifiable information?

Securing a certificate with confidentiality

Explanation:

A certificate of confidentiality (COC) issued by either national health institute or food or drug administration. The investigator can apply for both the authority. It protects from identifiable research information from forced disclosure. When an investigator gets a certificate on COC then he can refuse to disclose identifying information on research participants in front of civil, criminal, legislative, state or federal. COC can be applied for both NIH or FDA. FDA is related to the research investigation about the drugs and NIH is an investigation about the mental health and issues. COC importance depends on the sensitivity of the research project whether it disclose or not in front of another authorized figure.

For example, genetic information cannot disclose in front of others.

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