Welcome to the Canadian Sexual Health Survey!
Here you will find information about the pilot implementation of this survey, answers to questions you may have as a participant, or as a parent of a participant, information on your rights as a research participant and how to contact us.
The CSHS pilot was conducted throughout BC in 2014-15
Qualified medical professionals (nurses, medical students etc) conducted in-person interviews with invited women age 14 to 49 at households in every region. Selected households received an introduction letter in their mailbox two weeks prior to the survey. The surveyor then returned periodically in the selected neighbourhood and went door-to-door to establish which households have an eligible and interested participant. At that time, participants were able to decide if they would like to participate, if eligible (female, 14-49 years).
Among eligible women and girls in a household a scientific program was used to randomly select one participant for that household. It is important that a broad range of ages are sampled from women and girls in each neighbourhood. All survey interviews were conducted in complete privacy and all responses are 100% anonymous. In addition, sensitive questions were answered directly into the computer by the participant, so that no one, not even the surveyor, could know which answers were given by which person. Between 10 and 40 minutes was required to answer the survey, depending on factors like the number of births a participant has had.
Invited participants were offered a $20 honorarium as a Thank-you for their time in participating in this survey.
CART CSHS – Pre-survey introduction letter – V3.1
Support Family Planning Research!
We would like to thank BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre Foundation for their generous support of this research!
In Canada, half of all pregnancies are unintended. Single working mothers, women living in poverty, with mental illness, or in rural and remote locations can struggle to space their pregnancies—with consequences for their own and their children’s long term development. Accessing information about effective contraception is difficult and many are unable to pay for the methods they would choose if they knew about their options.
Dr. Wendy Norman, a BC Women’s Hospital researcher who holds a Chair in Family Planning, is leading innovative research into the contraceptive needs of BC Women. A Women’s Health Survey is currently underway across BC. This door-to-door survey will provide critical information about supporting equitable access to family planning knowledge, services and methods for the average woman.
To determine how to best support women in the most vulnerable situations, BC Women’s needs your help to make sure the survey reaches out to as many women as possible. Your funds can help ensure women across BC have access to the contraceptive information and methods they need. Please donate to CART here: (Select: “I want to support: Other” then write in “CART”) DONATE Now!
Thank you to PHSA and BC Women’s Hospital for helping us get the word out about our CSHS study! For more information please contact us: cart.grac@ubc.ca
This survey was supported by funding from the following organizations:
