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You are invited to take part in a study about SANE services.
We want to know if SANE services are helpful for people. We are a study team helping SANE to find out.
You are invited to take part because you have used a SANE service.
We would like to hear what it was like for you.
This information tells you
You can
or
It’s up to you.
Your choice about taking part will not make any difference to the services you use.
You will have to tick a consent form on a computer.
The form says you
This is called giving consent.
You can see the consent form in the survey.
You may be asked about consent to give your email to the study team.
You can give your email if are interested in talking with the study team about your experience at SANE. It’s up to you.
If you give your email, the study team will let you know more about how these conversations would happen.
First there is a bit more information about this study.
This study will look at answers to the survey questions from people who get help from SANE.
This will help SANE to make sure the service is the best it can be.
If you choose to be in this study you will agree for SANE to share your answers with the study team.
SANE will not give the study team any names.
SANE will not give any information about what you talk about when you get help.
Would you be happy for SANE to share your answers with the study team?
If you do not choose to be part of this study, we thank you for thinking about this study.
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There are benefits and risks in helping with a study.
The benefits of this study are
The risks of this study are low.
To give your consent for SANE to share your answers you only need to tick the consent form.
You do this by ticking a box when you do the SANE survey.
If you feel upset at any time in the survey you can ring
SANE is open weekdays 10am to 8pm
We will
When the study is finished information will be on the SANE website, www.sane.org
You can ask for a summary.
The study team might
The study is being run by a study team from some universities.
The study team has a lot of experience in studies like this.
The study is funded by the Australian government.
Remember, it’s your choice
You can
It’s up to you.
You can decide to stop being part of the study.
It is okay to change your mind.
If you want to stop being part of the study, your information can be deleted.
In the future, if you wanted to stop being part of the study, please tell the study team.
If you would like more information you can talk to Dr. Fran Boyle. Fran is leading the study team.
There are people at the universities whose job is to make sure that each study is safe and private. They are called ethics committees.
They have checked this study.
They said it was okay to do.
If you had a concern about this study and did not want to talk with Fran you can contact a person from the ethics committee.
The contact details are
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Help us push aside the stigma and discrimination surrounding complex mental health and change the way people talk about, and care for, mental illness.
SANE acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as traditional custodians of the land on which it operates. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging, and value the rich history, unbroken culture and ongoing connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to country.
SANE values diversity. We are committed to providing a safe, culturally appropriate, and inclusive service for all people, regardless of their ethnicity, faith, disability, sexuality, or gender identity.
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