Ministerio del Ambiente.

Bibliogr a phic de t a ils

St u d y a im s Sum m arise st udy’s aim s and purpose ( research

quest ion)

St u dy t y pology code See Table 2 . 5

Su m m a r y st u d y m e t h o d s Sum m arise t he m ain feat ures of t he m et hods used,

including sam ple sizes, set t ing et c.

Re - v e r ifica t ion of in clu sion cr it e r ia

Populat ion Does st udy include infor m at ion on car er s?

Yes, no, uncer t ain

Access Does st udy include infor m at ion about int er v ent ions,

bar r ier s or f acilit at or s of car er s’ access t o h ealt h ?

Yes, no, uncer t ain Car er ’s ow n physical and

m ent al healt h

Does t h e st udy discuss t he car er s’ ow n phy sical and m ent al healt h needs?

Yes, no, uncer t ain

From 1987 onwards I s t he st udy published fr om 1987 onw ar ds?

Yes, no, uncer t ain

Em pirical research I s t he st udy ‘em pir ical’ r esear ch?

Yes, no, uncer t ain

I nclusion crit eria I nclu sion cr it er ia m et ?

Yes, no, uncer t ain

Re cor d de t a ils for e x t r a in for m a t ion

Ty pe of car er Et hnic m inorit y ( EM) , young ( Y) , rural ( RU) , ext ra

r esident ( ER) , co- r esident ( CR) , spouse ( S) , r ange of car er s ( RA)

Access Does st udy include infor m at ion about bar r ier s or

facilit at or s t o ot h er gr ou ps’ access t o h ealt h ?

Count ry I n w hat count r y is t he st udy based? ( Unit ed St at es

US; New Zealand NZ; Canada CAN; England ENG, Wales WAL; Scot land SCOT; Nort hern I reland NI ; UK nat ional UK; Aust ralia AUS)

Applicable t o UK healt h sy st em

Yes, no, uncer t ain

Applicabilit y Recor d how t he st udy is or is not applicable t o t he

UK healt h syst em . Ty pe of st u dy if n ot

em pirical

What t y pe of ev idence is st udy , if not em pir ical? i.e.

policy docum ent , ex per t opinion, descr ipt iv e repor t of int er v ent ion

Qu a lit y a ppr a isa l ( sk ip if n ot e m pir ica l r e se a r ch – spe cify r e a son s for a n sw e r s)

Quest ion ( E) I s t h e r esear ch qu est ion clear ?

Theor et ical per spect iv e (D)

I s t he t heor et ical or ideological per spect iv e of t he aut hor ( or funder ) ex plicit , and has t his influenced t he st udy design, m et hods or r esear ch findings?

i.e. consum er , fem inist , econom ic r at ional, et c.

St udy design ( E) I s t he st udy design appr opr iat e t o answ er t he

quest ion?

Cont ext ( D) I s t h e con t ex t or set t in g adequ at ely descr ibed?

Sam pling ( E) ( Qualit at iv e) I s t he sam ple adequat e t o ex plor e t he

r ange of subj ect s and set t ings, and has it been dr aw n fr om an appr opr iat e populat ion?

( Quant it at iv e) I s t he sam ple size adequat e for t he

analy sis used and has it been dr aw n fr om an appr opr iat e populat ion?

Dat a collect ion ( E) ( w hen fieldw or k conduct ed, how dat a collect ed, by w hom et c. )

I s t he dat a collect ion adequat ely descr ibed and r igor ously conduct ed t o ensur e confidence in t he findings?

Dat a analysis ( E) I s t he dat a analy sis adequat ely descr ibed and

r igor ously conduct ed t o ensur e confidence in t he findings?

Reflexivit y ( D) Ar e t he findings subst ant iat ed by t he dat a and has

consider at ion been giv en t o any lim it at ions of t he m et h ods or dat a t h at m ay h av e af f ect ed t h e r esult s?

Generalisabilit y ( D) Do any claim s t o gener alisabilit y follow logically,

t h eor et ically an d st at ist ically fr om t h e dat a?

Et hical st andards ( D) Hav e et hical issues been addr essed and

confident ialit y r espect ed?

D a t a e x t r a ct ion

W h a t r e st r ict s? ( Ba r r ie r s)

Tick w hich bar r ier and not e ev idence fr om st udy t hat suppor t s r elev ant point s.

Geogr aphical/ spat ial Econom ic Ph y sical Or ganisat ional Psy chological Social Cult ur al Language Technology Et hical/ legal Ot her … W h a t pr om ot e s?

( Facilit at or : r ecor d det ails of w het her t he st udy infor m s us about or ganisat ional sy st em s an d pr act ices t h at m ay h av e t h eor et ical pot en t ial t o ov er com e an y r est r ict ion s on access. )

W h a t im p r ov e s?

( I nt er v ent ions: pr ov ide as m uch infor m at ion about specific int er v ent ion. )

Nam e ( and place) of int er v ent ion

St r uct ur e of int er v ent ion How is int er v ent ion set up, funded, w hich st aff r esponsible, set t ing, m anagem ent , locat ion, t heor et ical basis?

Process/ delivery inform a t ion about int er v ent ion

How do differ ent st ak eholder s v iew int er v ent ion? Ar e t her e pr oblem s w it h st affing, funding,

m an agem en t . I s it accept able t o u ser s et c?

Out com es of int er v ent ion Has t he int er v ent ion been ev aluat ed? What

ou t com es m easu r es w er e adopt ed, w h at w er e t h e ou t com es? Wer e t h er e an y w an t ed or u n w an t ed secon dar y ou t com es?

Au t h or s’ r e com m e n d a t ion s for policy a n d pr a ct ice Re v ie w e r s’ com m e n t s on fin din gs

Fir st r ev iew er init ials and d at e

Second r ev iew er init ials and dat e ch eck ed

Appendix 4 Nat ional and local organisat ions