Study Title: iGRACE: Improving Gynecologic Resources for Accessibility, Collaboration, and Education

Principal Investigator: Dr. Ashley Hilton

COMIRB No: 24-1484

You are being asked to participate in this study for one of the following reasons :

  1. You identify with one or more type of disability (ies), including but not limited to physical, visual, hearing, learning, language, mental, sensory, cognitive, and other self-reported types of disabilities. are disabled, whose healthcare needs may be addressed by an OB/GYN.
  2. You are an advocate for disabled patients whose healthcare needs may be addressed by an OB/GYN.
  3. You are a provider or member of the healthcare team caring for patients in an OB/GYN healthcare setting.

This study is designed to learn more about the accessibility of OB/GYN practices for patients with disabilities. Understanding the perspectives of both practitioners and patients is crucial for identifying barriers and implementing interventions to enhance accessibility in healthcare settings.

If you join the study, you will complete a short questionnaire regarding your experiences with accessibility for patients with disabilities in OB/GYN offices.

Possible discomforts or risks include emotional discomforts filling out the questionnaire, sensory discomforts related to bright screens or noise, and cognitive discomforts such as difficulty understanding or responding to the questions. It is possible that the questions will have an emotional impact on participants when responding to questions on a sensitive topic or invoke negative feelings from reliving a traumatic event. There may be risks the researchers have not thought of, and participants are encouraged to report any concerns they may have during or after participation.

This study is not designed to benefit you directly. This data may be used for positive change in educating practices with regards to increasing accessibility in gynecologic offices.

Every effort will be made to protect your privacy and confidentiality. Our questionnaire does not ask any personal identifiable information. Our database collection is through REDCap which is a secure, password-protected database.

You have a choice about being in this study. You do not have to be in this study if you do not want to be.

The data we collect will be used for this study but may also be important for future research. Your de-identified data may be used for future research or distributed to other researchers for future study without additional consent.

If you have questions, you can email our team at igracecollab@gmail.com.

You may have questions about your rights as someone in this study. If you have questions, you can call COMIRB (the responsible Institutional Review Board) at (303) 724-1055.

By completing this survey, you are agreeing to participate in this research study.

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