Recruitment, Consent, and Data Collection Methods in Mental Health Research

Recruitment, Consent, and Data Collection Methods in Mental Health Research

Recruitment Methods and Voluntary Participation

The recruitment method will leverage professional and personal networks provided by nurses, other health providers, and social community workers. The participants will be recruited from the community served by Columbus Spring East and OSU Medical Center DODD Hall clinics. Further, voluntary participation will be ensured by providing sufficient information to the potential participants on the objectives of the research project and obtaining informed consent from interested parties.

Surveys/Questionnaires/Psychometric Tests

1. The Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale (ATSPPH)
2. A semi-structured interview based on the Health Belief Model (HBM)

Description of Each Instrument

The study-created tool is a semi-structured interview based on HBM. The Semi-structured interview is designed to complement the ATSPPH. The tool will focus on collecting in-depth responses from individuals from ethnic minority groups on how they perceive their susceptibility to mental health issues, need for assistance, the impact of such mental issues on their quality of life, available care, benefits of professional help, and personal capacity to manage mental health issues. It also helps to deeply explore how such perceptions shape their beliefs toward mental health and how available professional assistance influences their decisions and behaviors toward seeking help.

Obtaining Consent

The process of obtaining consent will be based on who is providing the consent and how the data is collected. All informed consent will be collected before any data is collected in a space that guarantees participant privacy. For the ATSPPH tool, the questionnaire will be provided through an online form. The consent process for the online survey will involve the participants clicking on “I Agree” button before commencing to respond to the provided questionnaire.

For the interviews, the consent process will be determined by whether it is provided in person or over the phone. In the case of in-person interviews, the consent will be collected in a written form or through a verbal agreement. All participants will be provided with a written copy of the consent form. For the case of participants who cannot read and comprehend the content of the consent form due to low literacy levels or language issues, assistance will be provided, including an interpreter, to explain the need for informed consent in a clear and simple language. Over-the-phone interviews will have verbal agreements. However, unlike the in-person interviews, verbal consent will be recorded after the participant has allowed such recording to be done and proven that they understood the informed consent process.

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This research explores the impact of changing negative perceptions of mental health illnesses on stigmatization and, consequently, the quality of mental healthcare among ethnic minority groups. with emphasis on addressing traditional barriers to mental healthcare, such as stigma, resource allocation, and mental health services utilization among communities. Lowering stigmatization against mental health illnesses has been shown to improve the quality of mental healthcare

Recruitment, Consent, and Data Collection Methods in Mental Health Research

Provide details on your recruitment methods, including names of any publications/websites in which you will post recruitment information.
dentify the group, agency, or institution from which participants will be recruited. (Please note, if research will take place outside of NKU, a signed letter from the external organization on letterhead is require.

Describe measures that will be taken to ensure voluntary participation.
1. List the names of all surveys/questionnaires/psychometric tests to be used in this study. Include both established (i.e. instruments used in previous, published research/methodologies) and study-specific instruments (i.e. instruments created for this specific study).

2. Provide a description of each instrument that is study-specific, study-created, or not otherwise established tools. Please remember to submit all data collection tools that are not established instruments to the IRB for review.
Describe:

1. The process that will be used to obtain consent, including how, when, and where consent will be discussed.

2. If you might enroll any illiterate individuals, please explain how you will obtain consent from those individuals.

3. If you plan to have more than one type of consent process (such as signed, written consent and use of an online “click” consent script), please explain which variations of the study will use which types of consent process.