Accessible participant Information Sheets

Creating accessible Participant information Sheets is an important responsibility to consider. 

As part of my PhD work, I have started to think about responsible and accessible recruitment materials for vulnerable groups. This has led to an award-winning poster to present my recruitment materials. 

View the poster here 

If you are interested in looking at adapting your participant materials so they are more accessible, there is helpful online guidance to help you think about how to use images to communicate, how to use appropriate language, and formatting (font size, font style, line spacing). such as publishing accessible documents (2024)

Helpful resources you can use online are:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/publishing-accessible-documents

https://service-manual.ons.gov.uk/brand-guidelines/guidance/accessible-text-formatting

Take a look in detail at the participant information sheets and think about how you can responsibly assure inclusive access for all participants in your next study:




You can also view my accessible debrief sheet here, where I have used chunking of information for easier readability. 

Additional reading: 

  • Asmal, L., Lamp, G., & Tan, E. J. (2022). Considerations for improving diversity, equity, and inclusivity within research designs and teams. Psychiatry Research, 307, 114295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114295
  • Canfield, K. N., Menezes, S., Matsuda, S. B., Moore, A., Austin, A. N. M., Dewsbury, B. M., Feliú-Mójer, M. I., McDuffie, K. W. B., Moore, K., Reich, C. A., Smith, H. M., & Taylor, C. (2020). Science communication demands a critical approach that centers inclusion, equity, and intersectionality. Frontiers in Communication, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2020.00002
  • Hudson, G., Jansli, S. M., Morris, D., Wykes, T., & Jilka, S. (2023). The impact of patient involvement on participant opinions of information sheets. BJPsych open, 9(1), e10. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2022.627
  • Shamoo AE, Resnik D. (2015) Responsible conduct of research. (3rd ed.) New York: Oxford University Press; 2015.
  • Shariq, S., Pinto, A. M. C., Budhathoki, S. S., Miller, M., & Cro, S. (2023). Barriers and facilitators to the recruitment of disabled people to clinical trials: a scoping review. Trials, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07142-1




 




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