Certificates of Confidentiality and Mandatory Reporting

Leslie E Wolf; Natalie Ram; Elizabeth J Letourneau

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0900

Certificates of Confidentiality and Mandatory Reporting

JAMA Pediatr. 2024 May 6. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0900. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Leslie E Wolf¹, Natalie Ram², Elizabeth J Letourneau³

Affiliations

¹ Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta.
² University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, Baltimore.
³ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

PMID: 38709514
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0900

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Plain language summary

This Viewpoint discusses the importance of obtaining federal certificates of confidentiality to free researchers to perform important research into child sexual abuse.