Information Leaflet



Why are we doing this study?



The Food, Cooking and You Study is a study looking at what adolescents eat, whether they are involved in preparing and cooking food at home, and about their wellbeing. We hope that you will help us with this important study.



Why me?



We are interested in the diet and food related behavior of 1000 adolescents aged between 15 and 17 years old and that includes you. You do not have to take part in the study but if you do it will be of great help to us.



What would I have to do?



If you do decide to take part, we will ask you to complete the questionnaire on the next page. This will take between 15 and 30 minutes. The survey contains questions on how often you prepare or cook meals and how confident you are to cook. We will also ask some questions on the food that you eat and your wellbeing. Information about gender, age, ethnicity and where you live will be collected so we can describe the people who take part in the survey but we will not ask you to provide your name.



If you decide to take part we will ask you for your e-mail address so we can enter you into the draw to win one of seven prizes - four $50 Prezzy card vouchers and three $100 Prezzy card vouchers.



The survey answers will be completely anonymous. Only the researchers below will have access to the survey data. We will send participants a summary of the survey results via email when the study is complete. The results of the project may be published in a scientific journal. If the publication is freely available, we will send a link to the publication. The data collected will be securely stored in such a way that only those mentioned below will be able to gain access to it. At the end of the project any personal information will be destroyed immediately. By university policy, any raw data upon which the results of the project depend will be retained in secure storage for ten years, after which it will be destroyed.



To take part, simply continue with the survey from here and tick the consent box.



If you have questions you can contact:

Dr Paula Skidmore (paula.skidmore@otago.ac.nz), Principal Investigator,

Nick Scullion (scuni944@student.otago.ac.nz), Study co-ordinator,

Dr Katherine Black (katherine.black@otago.ac.nz) or,

Carla Thomson (carla.thomson@otago.ac.nz)



All researchers are from the Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago.



NOTE: This study has been approved by the University of Otago Human Ethics Committee (Ethics ref 17/057). If you have any concerns about the ethical conduct of the research you may contact the Committee through the Human Ethics Committee Administrator (Ph 03 479 8256). Any issues you raise will be treated in confidence and investigated and you will be informed of the outcome.



The parent information sheet is attached. Parent information sheet .pdf (0.58 MB) Attachment: