Using police crash databases for injury prevention research - A comparison of opt-out and opt-in approaches to study recruitment

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 286-289

  Elkington, Jane ^a   Stevenson, Mark ^b   Haworth, Narelle ^c   Sharwood, Lisa ^d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

crash database; opt in opt out; privacy; recruitment strategies; response rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLICE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84901824531     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12237     Document Type: Article

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