Plan of procedures for fieldwork Sample Clauses

Plan of procedures for fieldwork. The plan of procedures is foreseen to describe in detail every step taken starting with the contact to the participants up until the samples are handed over or send off for analysis. If fieldwork comprises many parts providing a flowchart may facilitate the overview. This allows for an in-depth insight in every step and can often not only promote the comparability within the fieldwork staff but also answer questions arising at the sampling location. It also addresses the incentives provided to the participant directly after being involved in the study. Such a process could be described with the following chapters: 1) Contact phase, including recruitment of individual participants and transmission of address and contact data, the communication material for the participants (invitation, reply card, reminder (letter and/or call), Appointment confirmation and despatch of sample materials), (Fieldwork I), Procedure with foreign-language participants, contact by the interviewer at the sampling location 2) Prior to the sampling location visit: description of all what has to be done prior to the visit of the location (see Concretisation Phase of the study protocol) 3) Arrival at the location: description of all what has to be done by the field staff when they arrive at the sampling location 4) Before home visits: description of all what has to be done by the field staff the day before the visit of the participant, e.g. a phone call to remember on the visit and preparation of all that is necessary for that visit 5) During home visits: Description of the whole procedure of the visit of the participant home (or at an examination centre), including acceptance of the informed consent, the interview, the sampling, the handing over of incentives 6) After the home visit: description of what has to be done when the visit is finished, like sample transport, transmission of data and return of material that can be reused.