Kornelsen, Jude
Carthew, Christine
Míguez, Kayla
Taylor, Matilda
Bodroghy, Catherine
Petrunia, Kathryn
Roberts, Delia
Funding for this research was provided by:
BC SUPPORT Unit (N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A)
Rural Coordination Centre of BC (N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A)
Article History
Received: 27 March 2021
Accepted: 20 August 2021
First Online: 18 September 2021
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the University of British Columbia Behavioural Research Ethics Board (H19-00254). Completion of the online survey indicated informed consent to participate, which was explained to respondents on the survey’s information landing page. Interview participants provided informed written consent prior to the start of the interviews, oral informed consent at the start of the interviews, or both. All research methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.The research study was originally conceptualized as a quality improvement initiative (i.e., not for research purposes) with the objective to understand rural community priorities for care, that would then inform the direction of the project in terms of what we studied. However, a short time after the survey was launched, we recognized the importance of the information that we collected, as evidenced by the high response rate and richness of the data. At this time, we paused data collection and applied to UBC’s Behavioural Research Ethics Board to use the data for research purposes, including the data we received prior to ethics approval and all data received after ethics approval. We were granted ethics approval to use the data collected prior to our application to the Behavioural Research Ethics Board for research purposes.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.