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Smith, Deborah https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4729-7166
Johnston, Karen
Carlisle, Karen
Evans, Rebecca
Preston, Robyn
Beckett, Jessamy
Geddes, Danielle
Naess, Helen
Poole, Melissa
Larkins, Sarah
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Health, Australian Government
Department of Health, Queensland
Department of Health, New South Wales Government
Northern Territory Department of Health
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Article History
Received: 24 July 2020
Accepted: 29 December 2020
First Online: 18 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from the Townsville Hospital and Health Service (THHS) Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) (HREC/17/QTHS/76), the HREC of the Northern Territory Department of Health and Menzies School of Health Research (2017-2893) and the James Cook University HREC (H7082). Governance approval was obtained from the THHS (SSA/17/QTHS/150), Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service (SSA/18/QCQ/23), Top End Health Services (support letter from the Executive Director of Medical Services) and Murrumbidgee Local Health District (SSA/18/MLHD/18). Approval to access BreastScreen client data was obtained from the Queensland Department of Health (PHA007000, PHA007805, PHA007854), NSW Population & Health Services Research Ethics Committee (2017/HRE1101) and BreastScreenNT. Clients consented to participate depending on the method of survey completion. The first question on the online survey specifically asked if the participant consented to complete the survey. A statement accompanied the question specifying that continuing to complete the survey online implied consent. Similarly, the first question asked by the researcher in an interview was whether or not the client consented to complete the survey. If the client consented verbally the researcher continued with the brief interview. Clients could choose to withdraw, not answer any questions, or leave at any time. These processes were approved by the ethics committees.
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: This evaluation forms part of an independent evaluation project undertaken by James Cook University for the Australian Government Department of Health. Project governance was provided by the Remote Radiology Assessment Research Governance Committee under the National Quality Management Committee of BreastScreen Australia. This manuscript was developed after the project was completed. The authors have no competing interests to declare.
