Doherty, Emma http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8445-6766
Wiggers, John
Wolfenden, Luke
Anderson, Amy E.
Crooks, Kristy
Tsang, Tracey W.
Elliott, Elizabeth J.
Dunlop, Adrian J.
Attia, John
Dray, Julia
Tully, Belinda
Bennett, Nicole
Murray, Henry
Azzopardi, Carol
Kingsland, Melanie
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Health and Medical Research Council Partnership Project Grant (APP1113032)
National Health and Medical Research Council Translating Research Into Practice (TRIP) Research Fellowship (APP1150476)
National Health and Medical Research Council Medical Reseach Futures Fund Practitioner Fellowship (APP1135959)
National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Fellowship (APP1128348)
Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship (101175)
Article History
Received: 22 January 2019
Accepted: 29 July 2019
First Online: 16 August 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the Hunter New England Human Research Ethics Committee (16/11/16/4.07), Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (1236/16) and the University of Newcastle Human Research Ethics Committee (H-2017-0032). All potential participants were provided with information prior to study enrolment. Participants who participated via telephone gave their verbal consent to participate, which was recorded by the CATI interviewer into the survey database prior to the commencement of the survey. Participants who received a text inviting participation and who chose to participate via online survey, provided their written consent via text message. The methods for obtaining and documenting participant consent were formally approved by the abovementioned ethics committees.
: Not applicable.
: Authors, ED, JW, LW, KC, BT, NB, HM, CA and MK receive salary support from Hunter New England Clinical Services Nursing and Midwifery, which contributed funding to this study. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests.