Reynolds, Joanna http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2650-6750
McGrath, Michael
Engen, Jessica
Pashmi, Ghazaleh
Andrews, Matthew
Lim, Jin
Lock, Karen
Funding for this research was provided by:
NIHR School for Public Health Research (N/A)
Article History
Received: 7 August 2018
Accepted: 5 December 2018
First Online: 18 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the ethics committee at LSHTM (reference 11770). Permission to conduct ethnographic observation was negotiated first with the Director of Public Health (or equivalent) in each LA, followed by individual written consent taken from each PHP observed. For observation of non-public meetings (such as responsible authority meetings), consent to observe and take notes was requested from each participant at the outset of the meeting. Licensing sub-committee meetings are open to the public so explicit consent was not needed for observation of these, although where appropriate the chair of the sub-committee was informed in advance of the researcher’s presence. For the interviews, participants were sent an information sheet in advance and written consent was taken before the interview started. For the survey, participants were sent an information sheet, and were asked to confirm their consent on the first page of the questionnaire. Written consent to use the routine data was gained from the relevant public health lead in each LA.
: Participants gave consent for direct quotations to be used in research outputs, including this manuscript.
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