Social Perspectives Network questionnaire

Questionnaire

SPN / Shaping Our Lives / Brunel University UCR Questionnaire April 2008
Please complete as much of the following form as you can. Don’t worry if you can’t complete all of the questions, and we hope you enjoy taking part in this project 1. Contact details (Please mark with a * any information you do not want to be made publicly available on the database)
Title ‘Mr, Mrs, etc’:
First name:
Surname:
Your role in the project:
Organisation or group:
Address
Address line 1:
Address line 2:
Address line 3:
Town:	County:
Postcode:	Country:
Telephone number:
Email:
Website address:
2. Please tell us about the research project
Project title:
Dates of the project
Start date:	(dd/mm/yyyy)
Expected completion/completion date:	(dd/mm/yyyy)
Source of funding:
Please describe briefly the aims of the project:
Please give a brief description of what you are doing in your project (Including the research methods and the settings or where it is taking place, if appropriate):
Which of the following research designs have/are being used? Please tick as many boxes as appropriate. Click here to go to a list of useful definitions to help you.
Action research Case study Evaluation Literature review Study of views or experiences Systematic review
Other (please specify):
3. Which of the following methods of collecting data have/are being used? (Please tick as many boxes as appropriate)
Documentary analysis Focus groups Interviews Questionnaire survey Observation Outcome measures
Other (Please specify)
4. Please tell us how the project was or is controlled by service users
Who were / are the service users actively involved in working on the research project? For example the name of organisation, group, discussion or campaigning forum (NB. we are not looking for the names of individuals):
How did service users control this research? (You may wish to explain here what is meant by user-controlled research for your project):
Below we give examples of aspects of the research which may have been controlled by service users. Please tick as many boxes as appropriate.
Seeking funding / applying for funding Ongoing communication with funders Prioritising topic areas Planning the research Managing the research Designing the research instruments (eg. questionnaires, patient information sheets) Assisting in finding and designing appropriate ways of approaching participants Training other people to carry out the research Undertaking the research Analysing the research Final research report Contributing or commenting on final report Writing or co-writing final report Disseminating research Writing about the research e.g. publications, newsletters Speaking about the research e.g. workshops, presentations Implementing action
Other (Please specify):
Please elaborate on the ways service users were / are in control of the various aspects of the research:
Was training and support provided for either members of the public or researchers involved in the project? Please include information on the training provided, the stage at which the training took place and who it was for:
5. Please tell us about what has happened to the research
Please tell us about any reports or articles resulting from the research and state where they may be obtained:
If any articles or reports are planned for the future please give details:
Please provide information about any action arising as a result of the research project:
Thank you for completing this form. Please press 'submit' to send the form in electronically. If you prefer an email version that you can download and print off, please contact either Vicky Nicholls or Michael Turner or email: usercontrolledresearch@googlemail.com.

SPN / Shaping Our Lives / Brunel University UCR Questionnaire April 2008

Please complete as much of the following form as you can.
Don’t worry if you can’t complete all of the questions, and we hope you enjoy taking part in this project

1. Contact details (Please mark with a * any information you do not want to be made publicly available on the database)

Title ‘Mr, Mrs, etc’:

First name:

Surname:

Your role in the project:

Organisation or group:

Address

Address line 1:

Address line 2:

Address line 3:

Town:

County:

Postcode:

Country:

Telephone number:

Email:

Website address:

2. Please tell us about the research project

Project title:

Dates of the project

Start date:

(dd/mm/yyyy)

Expected completion/completion date:

(dd/mm/yyyy)

Source of funding:

Please describe briefly the aims of the project:

Please give a brief description of what you are doing in your project (Including the research methods and the settings or where it is taking place, if appropriate):

Which of the following research designs have/are being used?
Please tick as many boxes as appropriate. Click here to go to a list of useful definitions to help you.

Action research
Case study
Evaluation
Literature review
Study of views or experiences
Systematic review

Other (please specify):

3. Which of the following methods of collecting data have/are being used? (Please tick as many boxes as appropriate)

Documentary analysis
Focus groups
Interviews
Questionnaire survey
Observation
Outcome measures

Other (Please specify)

4. Please tell us how the project was or is controlled by service users

Who were / are the service users actively involved in working on the research project? For example the name of organisation, group, discussion or campaigning forum (NB. we are not looking for the names of individuals):

How did service users control this research? (You may wish to explain here what is meant by user-controlled research for your project):

Below we give examples of aspects of the research which may have been controlled by service users. Please tick as many boxes as appropriate.

Seeking funding / applying for funding
Ongoing communication with funders
Prioritising topic areas
Planning the research
Managing the research
Designing the research instruments (eg. questionnaires, patient information sheets)
Assisting in finding and designing appropriate ways of approaching participants
Training other people to carry out the research
Undertaking the research
Analysing the research

Final research report
Contributing or commenting on final report
Writing or co-writing final report

Disseminating research
Writing about the research e.g. publications, newsletters
Speaking about the research e.g. workshops, presentations
Implementing action

Other (Please specify):

Please elaborate on the ways service users were / are in control of the various aspects of the research:

Was training and support provided for either members of the public or researchers involved in the project?
Please include information on the training provided, the stage at which the training took place and who it was for:

5. Please tell us about what has happened to the research

Please tell us about any reports or articles resulting from the research and state where they may be obtained:

If any articles or reports are planned for the future please give details:

Please provide information about any action arising as a result of the research project:

Thank you for completing this form. Please press 'submit' to send the form in electronically. If you prefer an email version that you can download and print off, please contact either Vicky Nicholls or Michael Turner or email: usercontrolledresearch@googlemail.com.

Thank you for completing this form

If you have completed a hard copy version, please return this form to the following FREE POST address:

SPN c/o SCIE
1st floor Goldings House
Hays Lane
London SE1 2HB

no later than 10 May 2008

INVOLVE will contact you when the research is complete, to finalise details of your research project being made public on the INVOLVE database. The database only contains details of research projects that have active public involvement in research.

Questions

If you have any further comments or enquiries to make regarding the survey, please contact Michael Truner or Vicky Nicholls (contact details given on introductory letter).
If you have any questions about the use of the information you have provided for the survey, please contact Helen Hayes . Tel: 023 8065 1088, email: hhayes@invo.org.uk.