Human Research Ethics Approval number: ETH2023-0117
Description
The purpose of this project is to study how much caregivers know about keeping their children safe from button battery injuries, by asking questions about how caregivers prevent button battery injuries within the home. The results of the survey can be used to create programs and materials to prevent button battery injuries in the future, as it will help us understand what information and support caregivers need to help them prevent this injury from occurring in their home.
Participation
Your participation will involve completion of an online survey questionnaire that will take approximately 10-15 minutes of your time.
Questions will include how you prevent your children from accessing button batteries within your home, how you monitor for products containing button batteries, and how you feel about the danger of button batteries.
Your participation in this project is entirely voluntary. You can withdraw at any point whilst filling out the survey, however once submitted you will be unable to withdraw your responses.
Please note: This survey is open to Australian Residents only.
Benefits
It is expected that this project will not directly benefit you. However, it may benefit caregivers and children in helping to prevent button battery injuries in the future.
Risks
In participating in the questionnaire there are no anticipated risks beyond normal day-to-day living.
Sometimes thinking about the sorts of issues raised in the questionnaire can create some uncomfortable or distressing feelings. If you need to talk to someone about this immediately, please contact Parentline on 1300 30 1300, or 13 YARN: 13 92 76, http://yarn.org.au, Lifeline: 13 11 14. For more information about button battery safety, you can visit https://kidsafeqld.com.au/button-batteries/ and https://kidsafe.com.au/. You may also wish to consider consulting your General Practitioner (GP) for additional support.
Privacy and Confidentiality
All comments and responses are confidential unless required by law. The names of individual persons are not required in any of the responses. Your responses are anonymous. The responses you provide will not be made available for future research purposes outside this study. Data collected will be securely stored in non-identifiable format. Any data collected as a part of this project will be stored securely, as per University of Southern Queensland’s Research Data and Primary Materials Management Procedure.
Questions or Further Information about the Project
If you would like to obtain a copy of the result of this study, please contact the Principal Investigator, Dr Anna Girardi, at anna.girardi@usq.edu.au.
Concerns or Complaints Regarding the Conduct of the Project
If you have concerns or complaints about the ethical conduct of this research, you may contact the University of Southern Queensland Ethics Coordinator on (07) 4631 2690 or email ethics@usq.edu.au.
Contact Details of Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator
