4 ANÁLISIS DE FUENTES ENERGÉTICAS NO CONVENCIONALES Y CONVENCIONAL
4.9 CARGO DE DISTRIBUCIÓN PARA EL OPERADOR DE RED
Title:
How do primary caregivers understand the psychological assessment process undergone by their child?
Introduction
I would like to invite you to take part in a study being conducted at Massey University to see what its like for primary caregivers to have their child psychologically assessed. This research is being done through the Centre for Psychology at Massey University and is a student project.
About the study
The aim of this study is to gain an understanding of the way in which primary caregivers make sense of the psychological assessment process undergone by their child. I hope that study will be helpful to you and other primary caregivers like you, because it will
help psychologists to have a better idea of the kind of information that they need to provide primary caregivers who have brought their child in for an assessment. We are hoping that if we understand your perspective better we can increase families’ involvement in treatment later on, which, research says, helps to improve the effectiveness of our work.
You have been invited to participate because your child underwent a psychological assessment. We have invited all primary caregivers who meet these criteria.
If you agree to participate you will be interviewed. This can be done at your home, or wherever is more convenient for you. I expect that the interview would take around one hour. If you agree to do the interview I will send you your transcript of your interview to check to make sure it is accurate and to give you an opportunity to take out anything you don’t want to include.
I will make sure that it is not possible to identify you in particular in the final report by not including any personal details and by disguising the information in such a way that you are not recognisable. I will let you have a summary of the report once the research is completed.
If you agree to participate in the interviews you do not have to answer all the questions and you may stop the interview at any time. With your permission all interviews will be audiotaped. Any information collected during the interview will be securely stored at the Centre for Psychology.
Once all the interviews have been completed the researcher will interpret the information by highlighting the main ideas expressed in the stories and writing one story that accurately describes all the participants’ experiences.
More information on the study can be obtained by contacting either the primary investigator, Jessica Niemand or Dr Bev Haarhoff in the School of Psychology. Both of their details are given at the beginning of this document.
If you need an interpreter one can be provided. Details will be obtained on the consent form and arrangements made.
You may have a friend, family or whānau support to help you understand the risks
and/or benefits of this study and any other explanation you may require.
We would like to hear from you regarding whether or not you would like to take part in this study within the month.
Your participation is entirely voluntary (your choice). You do not have to take part in this study, and if you choose not to take part this will not affect any future care or treatment. If you do agree to take part in the study, you are free to withdraw from the study at any time, without having to give a reason, and this will in no way affect your future healthcare. Participation in this study will be stopped should any harmful effects appear or if the doctor feels it is not in your best interests to continue.
If you have any questions or concerns about your rights as a participant in this research study you can contact an independent health and disability advocate. This is a free service provided under the Health and Disability Commissioner Act.
Telephone: (NZ wide) 0800 555 050 0800 555 050 Free Fax (NZ wide): 0800 2787 7678 (0800 2 SUPPORT) Email (NZ wide): [email protected]
Benefits, risks and inconveniences:
The benefits involved in this study include allowing participants an opportunity to express their story and experiences. It will also provide participants with information about their and others’ experiences of the same event, which may be of interest to the participants and they will have the opportunity to contribute to the advancement of knowledge.
There is, however a risk that being reminded of the experience of having your child assessed and the events leading up to this may be distressing. This study may also
result in extra travel to attend the interview at Massey University, Albany, should you choose to conduct it there. There will be no compensation for these costs.
Confidentiality:
No material that could personally identify you will be used in any reports on this study. All the information collected during the interviews will be kept in a secure location at the Centre for Psychology, Massey University and will be held there for 10 years before being destroyed.
This material will only be seen by the supervisors of this study as well as the primary investigator, Jessica Niemand. Since some caregivers have had their children assessed at Massey it may cause some caregivers to feel anxious about sharing some information, particularly if expressing negative feedback about a therapist, for example. To deal with this a neutral third person, not within the Centre, will be asked to view the interview information after Jessica Niemand has transcribed it and remove all data that identifies the individual and the therapist as well as be available to facilitate any problems that arise (e.g. misconduct of the therapist etc.).
Results: