Ethics & Privacy

Confidentiality

The survey is confidential. Names are not recorded on the questionnaire and therefore what you say in the interview will not be linked to you personally, and there is no risk to you or your privacy in this study.
Any identifying information you choose to provide us with, will be collected separately from the survey, and kept confidentially. It will not (and cannot) be connected to your answers and will not be divulged to anyone other than the Data Collection Officer.

Ethics Approval

This study has been approved by the following ethics committees in each state; The University of New South Wales, Curtin University, Western Australia, AIDS Council of New South Wales (ACON) and the Victorian AIDS Council (VAC).

Your Consent

Your decision to participate in this study will not prejudice your future relations with any University involved in this study, any state based AIDS Council or other community based organisations. If you decide to participate you are free to withdraw from the study at any time without prejudice.

Complaints

If you have any complaints or queries, that the researcher could not answer to your satisfaction please feel free to contact:

Ethics Secretariat
The University of NSW
phone: 9385 4234,
fax: 9385 6648
email: ethics.sec@unsw.edu.au