Our Food Future Community Voice Project Focus Group
The Nutritious Food Workstream of the Our Food Future initiative is seeking Guelph-Wellington residents to participate in a focus group about access to nutritious foods.
The purpose of the focus groups is to collect information about residents’ experiences and perspectives on access to nutritious foods in Guelph and Wellington County.
The focus groups are being conducted by researchers from the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute/The Research Shop at the University of Guelph in collaboration with Our Food Future.
Feedback from the focus groups will:
Identify what helps residents to access nutritious foods, and what makes it challenging.
Identify ways to increase access to nutritious foods in Guelph and Wellington County.
Your participation in the focus group is completely voluntary. All responses will be kept confidential.
If you have any questions about the focus group, please contact Karen Nelson, Research Shop Coordinator, at knelson@uoguelph.ca.
If you have any questions about the Nutritious Food Workstream, please contact Claire Bowley, Nutritious Food Workstream Research and Planning Associate with Our Food Future, at cbowley@guelphchc.ca.
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Consent to Participate in Focus Group
You are invited to take part in a discussion group being conducted by the Research Shop, part of the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute at University of Guelph. This project is in partnership with Our Food Future.
What is an online group discussion?
1) Online Group Discussion – A written discussion board focus group. With your consent, you will be added to a private message board. Over the course of three days, questions will be posted to the discussion board, and you will be invited to respond to them at your convenience and engage by commenting on other participants’ posts. The online group discussion will require approximately one hour of your time.
What will happen to the information you give us?
Only the research team and administration team will have access to the focus group responses.
Our Food Future and the public will be able to access, or view, the key findings from this study. The research findings may include anonymous direct quotes. That is, we may use the exact words that you include in the focus groups to answer the research questions, in the written and final version of the findings; however, your name or any identifying information will not be connected to your quote.
What you share in the focus group might be published and shared in articles, journals, reports, posters, or more. However, your answers will be anonymous and will not be attached to your identity (such as your name).
Will there be any risks if you participate?
There are no anticipated risks greater than those encountered in daily life, but you may experience discomfort if you come across any questions that may result in upsetting memories to you personally. Should you come across any questions you do not feel comfortable answering, please skip the question.
RIGHTS OF RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS
You may withdraw your consent at any time and discontinue participation without penalty. You are not waiving any legal claims, rights, or remedies because of your participation in this research study. Your decision to participate or not participate in this study will have no effect on your relationship with Our Food Future or the University of Guelph.
If you have any questions or concerns about the research, please contact Karen Nelson, Research Shop Coordinator, at knelson@uoguelph.ca
We thank you for taking the time to share your experience and ideas with us.
