About the Project
About the Project
1.1 Short Project Title (usually 6-8 words)
1.2 Please provide a brief description of the project
(This is the abstract/ summary: start with the problem being addressed, the research question, and the study design, describe the significance of the project, important risks and benefits/ potential impact. 250 words)
Project impact statement. For this assignment only:
In 250 words or less, by grounding firmly in your research proposal, show how the research will be useful. 1) What are the limitations of current theory or practice that this research addresses, 2) How will the findings of this research advance our knowledge, 3) What might be the recommendations for policy or practice that may arise from the findings of this study. This could be described as what are the implications for practice or policy of the potential findings.
1.3 Type of Project Research involving human participants
Clinical trial involving human participants
Research not involving human participants.
Is this research project related to a previous application? Y N
Will this project repeat a previous study? Y N
Has this project already been approved by another Human Research Ethics Committee? Y N
Anticipated start date _____________ (allow12 weeks)
Anticipated completion date _____________
Information about the research sites
2.1 Will the research be carried out in Australia or overseas? (list)
2.2Will the research be carried out in schools, childcare centres? Y N
(approval from relevant authorities will be required)
About the Chief Investigator
3.Are you a student or staff member ?
Chief Investigator (Student, staff) Name, title, email of all investigators. Qualifications, course of study, if student, faculty if staff
3.2.2 Please upload your supervisors email approval letter.
3.4Have you undertaken the universitys Research Integrity Training?
Other investigators
List all Students, staff), including Name, title, email of all investigators. Qualifications, course of study, if student, faculty if staff
Other Persons Involved
Are there others involved in this project (consumers, community members etc)
Funding
Is this project funded internally, externally, or self-funded?
Review.
Who has reviewed your project, in what role? supervisor, colleague, mentor, seminar, funding body, Research team, other, no review.
Will there be any constraints to publication? Y N
Rationale and Literature Review
Provide a justification for your research based on a literature review, (including references for citations). (Recommend about 1000 words)
Research Approach Methods and Instruments
Which of the following instruments will be used in your research project?
Hard copy questionnaire
Electronic questionnaire
Focus Groups
Interviews
Observations
Ethnography
Photographs
Video recordings
Audio recordings
Creative, artistic or design process
Performance tests
Other
Will your research project include the following types of research?
Collection of human samples
Genetic testing
Cellular therapy
Ionising and non-ionising radiation
None of the above
9.3Please describe the research approach and methods in more detail
(Recommend about 600 words)
9.4Please outline how the data will be collected, processed and analysed
(Recommend about 600 words)
Aims and Benefits of the Research
10.1 What are the aims of the research project?
(Recommend about 100 words)
10.2 What are the benefits and other impacts of the research project?
(Recommend about 100 words)
10.3 What research products will be created by this research project?
Book(s)
Commercial Product(s)
Conference Paper(s)
Exhibition(s)
Journal Article(s)
Performance(s)
Report(s)
Therapeutic Product(s)
Thesis
Other
Participants
11.1Will you target participants for whom there are specific ethical considerations?
Children and young people
People in dependent and unequal relationships
People unable to give consent for health or other reasons
People with a cognitive impairment, intellectual disability or mental illness
Women who are pregnant and the human foetus
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
People who are homeless
People who are incarcerated
People who may be involved in illegal activities
Victims of crime
People in other countries
People for whom English is a second language
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
None of the above
11.2Will you exclude any participant categories? Note; table of inclusion and exclusion criteria is already in 9.3 Project design and methods, so this is a specific question about the ethics of enabling all community groups to be able to participate in research.
(Recommend about 50 words)
11.3 Please provide the rationale for this exclusion.
11.4How will you select, recruit and contact participants? (consider advertising, covert observation, email, external group lists, personal contact, phone, post, snowballing, and social media).
(Recommend about 200 words)
11.5 How many participants will you recruit and what is the rationale for this number?
(Sample size required to answer the research question. Recommend about 100 words)
11.6Will you need to obtain approval to access participants?Y N, describe
11.7Do you and/or your co-investigators have any pre-existing relationship with participants?
Y N. Describe.
11.8Will you provide any payment or compensation to participants?
(brief)
11.9How will you provide feedback to participants?
(brief)
Risks
What will participants be required to do or agree to have done to them?
** Description, perhaps also a table of data collection events as they occur to participants
What are the risks for participants and your strategies for minimising this risk?
(list each risk, and mitigation strategy for each)
Is there any possible risk to you as the researcher and if so, what are your strategies for minimising this risk?
(list each risk, and mitigation strategy for each)
Consent
How will participants consent to the research and how will you ensure that participation is voluntary? (describe process concisely)
How will participants be able to withdraw from the research project without penalty and without feeling discomfort? (describe process concisely)
Do you intend to withhold or disguise the purpose of the research in any way? If 'Yes', please justify this and provide reasons
(brief)
Data, Access and Storage
What type of data will be collected?
Non-personal information
Personal information
Sensitive Information
Health Information
Information about the health of Aboriginal people
Will the data be individually identifiable, re-identifiable or non-identifiable?
Individually identifiable
Re-identifiable
Non-identifiable
Will other persons be able to identify research participants from published data or other sources? (brief)
Who will have access to the data?
Only personnel listed in this application
Researchers other than those listed in this application
Transcription and/or translation services
What source(s) of information will be used in this research project?
Individual participants
Relatives or associates of participants
Medical/health/mental health records
Electoral roll
Law enforcement agency
Publicly available database
Privately available database
Internet
Where will the data be stored?
Electronic data will be stored for at least five years after publication at UC
Clinical Trial data will be stored for at least 15 years after publication at UC
Data in paper format will be stored for at least five years in a secure cabinet and office at UC
Clinical Trial data in paper format will be stored for at least 15 years in a secure cabinet and office at UC
The data will be archived at UC (longer than the required period)
A copy of the dataset will be stored on my password protected private computer/laptop
Data will be stored in the cloud or other devises throughout the project but transferred to UC at the conclusion of the project
Do you intend to use the data in future research projects?
(brief)
References
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This assignment should be no more than 3000 words (not counting title, summary, references and in this case, drop down selections) - so the word count on this assignment may be Maximum 3841.
1.1ShortProjectTitle(usually 6-8 words)
An Evaluation of culturally appropriate complementary medicines.
1.2Please provide a brief description of theproject
(This is the abstract/ summary:start with theproblem being addressed, theresearch question, and the study design,describe the significance of the project, importantrisksand benefits/ potential impact. 250 words)
In this contemporary world, the revolutionary development in the field of medicines has kept us amazed especially complementary medicines is one of the integral part of it. Recently, the upsurge in demand of complementary medicines has bought several limitations with it. There is existence of culturally diverse people with different beliefs and aligning with that companies need to develop the products with similar efficacy but that is not currently available in the market so defining our current gap includes the cultural appropriateness of the complementary medicines so it can be easily accessible by everyone without harming their religious belief. The study design for this research is based on involvement of human participants with community specific and particular age group approach. The number of participants would be 100 and will be asked about their current complementary medicines, religious beliefs, and feedback about implications needed for the future. The location for interviewing and questioning the participants will be pharmacy store. The semi structured interview and questionnaire will followed. The results which we will obtain will be helpful to justify the gap and it significantly help for the companies selling the complementary medicines about the people choice and their problems with the current available medicines.
Project impact statement.For this assignment only:
In 250 words or less,by groundingfirmly in your research proposal,show how the research will be useful.1)What are the limitations of current theory or practice that this research addresses, 2) How will the findings of this research advance our knowledge, 3)What might be the recommendations for policy or practice that may arise from the findings of this study. This could be described as what are the implications for practice or policy of the potential findings.
1.3Type of ProjectResearch involving human participants- YES
Clinical trial involving humanparticipants
Research not involving human participants.
1.4Is this research project related to a previous application?Yes N
1.5Will this project repeat a previous study? Yes
1.6Has this project already been approved by another Human Research Ethics Committee?No
1.7Anticipatedstart date1/10/24_____________ (allow12 weeks)
1.8Anticipated completion date25/10/24_____________
2.Information about the research sites
2.1Will the research be carried out inAustralia or overseas? Australia- ACT
2.2Will the research be carried out in schools, childcare centres?No
(approval from relevant authoritieswill berequired)
3.About the Chief Investigator
3.Are you a student YES or staff member?
Chief Investigator (Student, staff) Name, title, email of all investigators.Qualifications, course ofstudy, ifstudent, faculty if staff
3.2.2 Please upload your supervisors email approval letter.
3.4Have you undertaken theuniversitysResearchIntegrityTraining?
4.Other investigators
List allStudents, staff),includingName, title, email of all investigators. Qualifications, course ofstudy, ifstudent, faculty if staff
5.OtherPersons Involved
Are there others involved in this project (consumers, community members etc)
6.Funding
Is this project fundedinternally,externally, orself-funded? Self FUNDED
7.Review.
Who has reviewed your project, in what role?supervisor,colleague, mentor,seminar,funding body,Researchteam,other,no review. Mentor
Will there be any constraints to publication?Y N
NO
8.Rationale and Literature Review
Provideajustificationfor your research based on a literaturereview, (including references for citations).(Recommend about 1000 words)
9.Research Approach Methods and Instruments
Which of the following instruments will be used in your research project?
Hard copy questionnaire- YES
Electronic questionnaire- YES
Focus Groups- AGE GROUP FROM 18-60
Interviews- YES
Observations
Ethnography
Photographs
Video recordings
Audio recordings
Creative, artistic or design process
Performance tests
Other
Will your research project include the following types of research?
Collection of human samples
Genetic testing
Cellular therapy
Ionising and non-ionising radiation
None of the above- YES
9.3Please describe the research approach and methods in moredetail
(Recommend about600words)
So we gonna look for people visiting pharmacy belonging to specific age group with a specific religion or cultural background currently taking the complementary medicine for any of the conditions
We gonna ask about their understanding about that medicine
We gonna try to collect the information about the cultural group he/she belongs to and try to get ans of our questionnaire with their permission.
It will be based on the rct method with parallel groups of people following single fold trial and it will be based on the criteria of inclusion and exclusion based on the age group, religion, health condition.
Specific number of products from our reference study will be picked up and person taking that specific product will be part of the trial.
To obtain an idea about how they find difficulty or ease in selecting an culturally appropriate medication.
Is it effective? Is it Safe? Is it compliant? Is it appropriate?
Any recommendations
9.4Please outline how the data will be collected, processed andanalysed
(Recommend about600words)
Data collection- age group, religion, sex, which complimentary medicines, disease condition. That will ve based on questionnaires, semi-structured interview, and ethical considerations with informed consent and confidentiality of participants.
Processed- Identification on religion, appropriateness, education, effectiveness, safe
Analysed- Analysis of data, outcomes, reviews
10.Aims and Benefits of the Research
10.1What are the aims of the research project?
(Recommend about100words)
To find the appropriate complementary medicines and to fill the gap due to lack of knowledge and availability of the medications for people with specific religious beliefs and traditions. Especially focusing on Hindu community due to their culture belief and plant based products that can even help the
10.2What are the benefits and other impacts of the research project?
(Recommend about100words)
Many people will be part of the project so they will be made aware of medicines
Pharmacists and naturopath working in pharmacies will play crucial roles in providing appropriate care and support for patients
Further research and educations will be implicated and carried out in near future.
10.3What research products will be created by this research project?
Book(s)
Commercial Product(s)- YES
Conference Paper(s)
Exhibition(s)
Journal Article(s)-YES
Performance(s)
Report(s)
Therapeutic Product(s)-YES
Thesis
Other
11.Participants
11.1Will you target participants for whom there are specific ethical considerations?
Children and young people
People in dependent and unequal relationships
People unable to give consent for health or otherreasons
People with a cognitive impairment, intellectualdisabilityor mental illness
Women who are pregnant and the human foetus
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
People who are homeless
People who are incarcerated
People who may be involved in illegalactivities
Victims of crime
People in other countries
People for whom English is a secondlanguage
Migrants,refugeesand asylum seekers
None of the above- YES
11.2Will you exclude any participant categories?Note;tableof inclusion and exclusion criteriais already in 9.3 Project design and methods, so this is a specific question about the ethics of enabling all community groups to be able to participate in research.
(Recommend about50words)
This is community specific approach and it will excludes the people who doesnt belong to any cultural group or no religion people and non biased approach will be followed.
11.3Please provide the rationale for this exclusion.
1) community specific approach due to that we are focused on the people have beliefs that some medicines harm their cultural belief and the person who hasnt any preferences will not be helpful in our research so thats the main rationale behind the exclusion
11.4How will you select,recruitand contact participants?(consider advertising, covert observation, email, external group lists, personal contact, phone, post, snowballing, and social media).
(Recommend about200words)
As it is self funded project and we are targeting the people in pharmacy as we are working in pharmacies so selection will be based on their constant to talk and open about their cultural beliefs and the location will be in northern Canberra as there are presence of various groups especially hindu and Muslim so that will leads to easy access and more number of people so it will be survey and open ended questionnaire. And will try to take their contact details with their consent for further research and conversation if needed. And will try to collect details by questionnaire.
11.5How many participants will you recruit and what is the rationale for this number?
(Sample size required to answer the research question.Recommend about100words)
100 participants will be our target audience as its a small project and requires not a deep commitment from any participants so it will be based on that to get an overview about their feelings and what they are expecting about their medications.
11.6Will you need to obtain approval to access participants?Y N, describ- not sure
11.7Do you and/or your co-investigators have any pre-existing relationship with participants?
Y N.Describe. No it will be random participants.
11.8Will you provide any payment or compensation to participants?
(brief)
No
11.9How will you provide feedback to participants?
(brief)
If their contacts details will be with us then we can provide the progress if they required or willing to know.
12.Risks
What will participants be required to do or agree to have done to them?
**Description, perhaps also atable of data collection events as they occur to participants
What are the risks for participants and your strategies for minimising this risk?
(list each risk, and mitigation strategy for each)
Is there any possible risk to you as the researcher and if so, what are your strategies for minimising this risk?
(list each risk, and mitigation strategy for each)
13.Consent
How will participants consent to the research and how will you ensure that participation is voluntary?(describe process concisely)
Our approach for research is total voluntary as it is based on random customers visiting pharmacy especially who is after complementary medicines
How will participants be able to withdraw from the research project without penalty and without feeling discomfort?(describe process concisely)
Its gonna be totally freely opened for all participants as we are
Do you intend to withhold or disguise the purpose of the research in any way? If 'Yes', please justify this and providereasons
(brief)
NO
14.Data,Accessand Storage
What type of data will be collected?
Non-personal information-YES
Personal information-YES
Sensitive Information
Health Information-YES
Information about the health of Aboriginal people
Will the data be individually identifiable, re-identifiable or non-identifiable?
Individually identifiable- partially
Re-identifiable
Non-identifiable
Will other persons be able to identify research participants from published data or other sources?(brief)
No it wont be possible beacause the identity of our research participants will be very private and their data will be accessible by us and our mentor.
Who will have access to the data?
Only personnel listed in thisapplication
Researchers other than those listed in thisapplication-YES
Transcription and/or translation services
What source(s) of information will be used in this research project?
Individual participants- YES
Relatives or associates of participants
Medical/health/mental health records-YES
Electoral roll
Law enforcement agency
Publicly available database-YES
Privately available database-YES
Internet-YES
Where will the data be stored?
Electronic data will be stored for at least five years after publication atUC- YES
Clinical Trial data will be stored for at least 15 years after publication atUC
Data in paper format will be stored for at least five years in a secure cabinet and office atUC
Clinical Trial data in paper format will be stored for at least 15 years in a secure cabinet and office atUC
The data will be archived at UC (longer than the required period)
A copy of the dataset will be stored on my password protected private computer/laptop
Data will be stored in the cloud or other devises throughout the project but transferred to UC at the conclusion of theproject
Do you intend to use the data in future research projects?
(brief)
Yes, it can help us to develop more detailed and structured research in future projects and can play as base project for new future projects.
15.References
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