Hi everyone,
I’m a PhD researcher at the University of Waterloo studying parents’ and caregivers’ experiences when bringing young children (aged 0–4) to emergency departments in Ontario. If this is something you might be interested in, or if you’d like more information, please feel free to reach out. My email is: dsbhatta@uwaterloo.ca
You can also find more details below. Thank you so much for your time!
Who can participate?
You may be eligible if you:
• Are a parent or primary caregiver of a child aged 0–4 years
• Accompanied your child to a non-pediatric (general) hospital emergency department in
Ontario
• Visited the emergency department within the past 6 months
• Are comfortable to participate in an interview conducted in English
What does participation involve?
• A one-on-one interview lasting approximately 45–60 minutes
• Discussion of your experiences with emergency department wait times and communication
• Interviews conducted virtually, by phone, or in person based on your preference
Voluntary participation
Participation is completely voluntary. You may decline to participate or withdraw at any time without any consequences.
Interested or want more information?
𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦:
Dipika Shankar Bhattacharyya, PhD Candidate,
School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo.
𝐄𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥: 𝐝𝐬𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚@𝐮𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐨.𝐜𝐚
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞.