The Girl Innovation, Research, and Learning (GIRL) Center recognizes the power of using data and evidence to effect change. Open data strengthens scientific norms around transparency and accessibility while also improving the quality of the research produced by the scientific community. We believe that open data can connect people across different disciplines and sectors to drive evidence generation to improve the health and development outcomes of adolescents, especially girls.
By downloading data from the GIRL Center’s Adolescent Data Hub, you agree to the following terms and conditions of data use.
RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY: To use the data solely for research purposes, including statistical reporting and analysis.
ETHICS: To obtain relevant Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval or other required approval prior to data use.
ACCESS: To limit access to the data to personnel listed on the data request form and to not distribute nor permit others to distribute any of the data to person(s) not listed. Updates can be made to the person(s) listed on the data request form if new individuals join the study team.
CONFIDENTIALITY: To make no attempt to identify individual study participants or to report information that could directly or by inference identify individual study participants.
SECURITY: To store and analyze the data in a secure computing environment. To notify the GIRL Center as soon as possible if data are compromised or stolen.
DATA ACKNOWLEDGMENT: To cite data source in all reports, presentations, and publications based on the data. A citation should appear in a footnote or in the reference section of all manuscripts. See suggested citation in the study description.
FUNDER ACKNOWLEDGMENT: To acknowledge the funding source(s) of the data in all reports, presentations, and publications based on the data. See suggested funder acknowledgement in the study description.
PUBLICATIONS: To provide a copy of any publication or report based in whole or in part to GIRLCenter@popcouncil.org at the conclusion of the proposed research.
PUBLISH ANALYSIS FILES: To submit study documentation (code and Readme files with instructions to replicate analyses) to the GIRL Center, which will be uploaded to Dataverse.
LOSS OF PRIVILEGE TO USE DATA: To destroy the data set, and any derivative data files, upon request if the GIRL Center determines that the user is in violation of these terms and conditions.