From 14a6709c454926a14e66aff675e45c3ad0737d77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Waterworth <42607122+johnwaterworth@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 18:29:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Update pandemic guidance Update the previous guidance on doing research during the coronavirus pandemic. Add a link to guidance on researching emotionally difficult subjects. --- src/user-research/doing-research-safely.md | 21 ++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/user-research/doing-research-safely.md b/src/user-research/doing-research-safely.md index 498880049..ffd0f5526 100644 --- a/src/user-research/doing-research-safely.md +++ b/src/user-research/doing-research-safely.md @@ -9,16 +9,23 @@ This guidance explains how to identify and manange potential risks. Note that this guidance applies to all dxw staff, dxw friends, and partner and client staff doing research activities, like interviews, visits, surveys and tests. -## Doing research safely during coronavirus +## Safely researching emotionally sensitive subjects + +Sometimes our research touches on difficult subjects like sickness and bereavement, or offending and imprisonment. + +The Service Manual has a good guide to +[researching emotionally sensitive subjects](https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/user-research/researching-emotionally-sensitive-subjects), +that covers preparing for, running and dealing with research. + +## Doing research safely during a pandemic We have a responsibility to keep ourselves and our participants safe and comply -with government guidance during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. In -particular, we should carefully consider whether and how to do any face to face -research. +with government guidance during a pandemic, such as the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) +outbreak. In particular, we should carefully consider whether and how to do any +face to face research. -For now, you will need the approval of a Director, Head or Principal Researcher -to do face to face research. And you must document your decision and your -assessment of the risks in your +During a pandemic you may need to get approval to do face to face research, +and document your decision and your assessment of the risks in your [research plan](/user-research/creating-and-using-research-plans/). The Service Manual has a guide to From cdbf040899a0de5f629777a80b69a22139c0dbf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Waterworth <42607122+johnwaterworth@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 18:47:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Fewer safely --- src/user-research/doing-research-safely.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/user-research/doing-research-safely.md b/src/user-research/doing-research-safely.md index ffd0f5526..e7c298444 100644 --- a/src/user-research/doing-research-safely.md +++ b/src/user-research/doing-research-safely.md @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ This guidance explains how to identify and manange potential risks. Note that this guidance applies to all dxw staff, dxw friends, and partner and client staff doing research activities, like interviews, visits, surveys and tests. -## Safely researching emotionally sensitive subjects +## Researching emotionally sensitive subjects Sometimes our research touches on difficult subjects like sickness and bereavement, or offending and imprisonment. @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The Service Manual has a good guide to [researching emotionally sensitive subjects](https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/user-research/researching-emotionally-sensitive-subjects), that covers preparing for, running and dealing with research. -## Doing research safely during a pandemic +## Doing research during a pandemic We have a responsibility to keep ourselves and our participants safe and comply with government guidance during a pandemic, such as the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) From bbb3511562c4c762764b0378353a24a6dd14fe61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Waterworth <42607122+johnwaterworth@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 13:42:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Simplify some language --- src/user-research/doing-research-safely.md | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/user-research/doing-research-safely.md b/src/user-research/doing-research-safely.md index e7c298444..9b13756fc 100644 --- a/src/user-research/doing-research-safely.md +++ b/src/user-research/doing-research-safely.md @@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Doing research safely related_order: 80 last_reviewed_at: "" --- -When [planning research activities](/user-research/creating-and-using-research-plans/), you must consider the safety and wellbeing of participants, colleagues, researchers and others. +When [planning research activities](/user-research/creating-and-using-research-plans/), we must consider the safety and wellbeing of participants, colleagues, researchers and others. -This guidance explains how to identify and manange potential risks. +This guidance explains how we identify and manange potential risks. Note that this guidance applies to all dxw staff, dxw friends, and partner and client staff doing research activities, like interviews, visits, surveys and tests. @@ -24,11 +24,10 @@ with government guidance during a pandemic, such as the recent coronavirus (COVI outbreak. In particular, we should carefully consider whether and how to do any face to face research. -During a pandemic you may need to get approval to do face to face research, -and document your decision and your assessment of the risks in your +During a pandemic we may need to get approval to do face to face research, +and document our decision and our assessment of the risks in our [research plan](/user-research/creating-and-using-research-plans/). The Service Manual has a guide to [choosing face to face or remote research](https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/user-research/doing-user-research-during-coronavirus-covid-19-choosing-face-to-face-or-remote-research), -and what to include when you document your decision and your assessment of the -risks. +and what to document in our plans.