Exploring adolescents’ knowledge of, attitudes toward, and experiences with emergency contraception in Ontario: A multi-methods study |
1. Welcome!
Introduction:
Thank you for your interest in participating in our study! The study is being conducted by Nicki El-Bouchi MSc(c), as a part of her master’s thesis. The project is under the supervision of Dr. Angel M. Foster, a Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa and the 2011-2016 Endowed Chair in Women’s Health Research. This study is funded through Dr. Foster’s research budget.
Survey instructions:
The purpose of this study is to learn more about Ontario adolescents’ knowledge of, attitudes toward, and experiences with different modalities of emergency contraception.
You are eligible to participate in this study if you are:
Thank you for your interest in participating in our study! The study is being conducted by Nicki El-Bouchi MSc(c), as a part of her master’s thesis. The project is under the supervision of Dr. Angel M. Foster, a Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa and the 2011-2016 Endowed Chair in Women’s Health Research. This study is funded through Dr. Foster’s research budget.
Survey instructions:
The purpose of this study is to learn more about Ontario adolescents’ knowledge of, attitudes toward, and experiences with different modalities of emergency contraception.
You are eligible to participate in this study if you are:
- Between the ages of 15 and 19 (inclusive)
- A current resident of Ontario; and
- Sufficiently fluent in English or French complete the survey questions
This voluntary survey will take about 20 minutes to complete. You will be asked a series of questions about yourself, your sexual, reproductive, and relationship history, your knowledge of emergency contraception, attitudes toward emergency contraception, and experiences with emergency contraception information and services. After completing the survey, you will be directed to a separate webpage where you will be asked to indicate your interest in participating in a 60-minute telephone/audio-Zoom interview and you will have the option of requesting the final results of the study. Contact information that you share on this page will be delinked to the information you provided in the survey and will be stored in a separate database. On this page you will also be able to enter your name into a drawing for a $50 gift certificate to www.amazon.ca
Privacy and confidentiality:
We will not ask you to provide personally identifying information as part of the survey. However, any information or personal details gathered in the course of the study are confidential. Some free-answer responses may be quoted, but we will remove or mask any identifying information. If you do not want any of your responses to be quoted, please indicate so during the survey by typing “please do not quote this response.” Please note that once submitted you will not be able to withdraw the information you provide. Data from the survey will be stored on secure systems that can only be accessed by members of the study team for five years after the conclusion of the study. In order to minimize the risk of security breaches and help ensure your confidentiality we recommend that you use standard safety measures such as closing your browser when you have completed the survey.
Risks and benefits:
There are few risks associated with participation in this study. Some of the questions that we ask may make you uncomfortable – you do not have to answer any questions that you do not want to. There are no direct benefits associated with participating in this study.
Contact information:
This study has received ethics approval from the Research Ethics Board at the University of Ottawa S-11-19-5235. If you have any questions regarding the ethical conduct of this study, you may contact: Protocol Officer for Ethics in Research, University of Ottawa, Tabaret Hall; 550 Cumberland Street, Room 154; Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5; Tel: (613) 562-5387; Email: ethics@uottawa.ca.
If you have any questions or queries please contact Nicki El-Bouchi, Study Coordinator, at ws-stu01@uottawa.ca. You may also contact Dr. Foster at angel.foster@uottawa.ca
Please print a copy of this page for your records.
Privacy and confidentiality:
We will not ask you to provide personally identifying information as part of the survey. However, any information or personal details gathered in the course of the study are confidential. Some free-answer responses may be quoted, but we will remove or mask any identifying information. If you do not want any of your responses to be quoted, please indicate so during the survey by typing “please do not quote this response.” Please note that once submitted you will not be able to withdraw the information you provide. Data from the survey will be stored on secure systems that can only be accessed by members of the study team for five years after the conclusion of the study. In order to minimize the risk of security breaches and help ensure your confidentiality we recommend that you use standard safety measures such as closing your browser when you have completed the survey.
Risks and benefits:
There are few risks associated with participation in this study. Some of the questions that we ask may make you uncomfortable – you do not have to answer any questions that you do not want to. There are no direct benefits associated with participating in this study.
Contact information:
This study has received ethics approval from the Research Ethics Board at the University of Ottawa S-11-19-5235. If you have any questions regarding the ethical conduct of this study, you may contact: Protocol Officer for Ethics in Research, University of Ottawa, Tabaret Hall; 550 Cumberland Street, Room 154; Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5; Tel: (613) 562-5387; Email: ethics@uottawa.ca.
If you have any questions or queries please contact Nicki El-Bouchi, Study Coordinator, at ws-stu01@uottawa.ca. You may also contact Dr. Foster at angel.foster@uottawa.ca
Please print a copy of this page for your records.