CHEaR Research Lab

Dr. Laura Brunton and the Child Health, Exercise and Rest (CHEaR) Lab at Western University are looking for adults with childhood-onset disabilities (such as cerebral palsy, spina bifida, developmental delay) and/or their caregivers to complete a few surveys about their healthcare experience. The surveys will ask for some basic information about the person, their condition, health and wellbeing, as well as their experiences with the health system. We are doing this study to understand more about the healthcare experience for adults with childhood-onset disabilities and how we can make it better.

This is a difficult population to reach - if you treat adult patients with any of these conditions, please consider sharing this study with them and encouraging them to contact the research team at [email protected] to participate

Dr. Laura Brunton and the Child Health, Exercise and Rest (CHEaR) Lab at Western University is looking for healthcare providers who work with children from birth to 6 years old to complete a survey. The survey will ask you some basic information about your practice area and then ask if you recommend online resources (websites and social media) to caregivers of your patients. We are looking to gather the online resources you recommend and appraise the quality of websites and social media recommendations to understand information available to parents of young children in Canada.

Click here to take the survey: https://uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8e8zpXH3MTOgNiC

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