The first Working Package group 2 (WP 2) meeting in Brussels October 25th, 2018 focused on the potential and actual difficulties of access to long term care facilities, municipalities, policymakers, inpatient and outpatient services, social media and patients records. The members of WP2 discussed the ethical issues concerning the use of social media pictures and this was addressed in the Deliverable 2.1. Additionally, the group discussed the possible challenges of data collection, in terms of culture, availability, accessibility, any permissions needed (open access, purchased) and challenges.
To achieve consistency of this Deliverable and facilitate the group discussion, two ESRs from WP2 developed a template on the basis of the comments from Professor Angela Kydd (WP 2 leader). The template was then used by all Early Stage Researchers (ESRs). A group Skype meeting took place on 15 January 2020 to discuss and reflect upon the challenges of data collection of each project. It gave an opportunity for all ESRs to learn from each other’s experiences of data collection in diverse settings. Each ESR reported several challenges and was reminded by the leader that how they addressed these challenges was an essential component of being a robust researcher. Section 3 of this Deliverable addresses the challenges and solutions of data collection.
Section 2 shows the template used and presents the work of ESRs 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (sections 2.1-2.5) to explain the way in which research data was collected, stored and assessed.
