Participate in research studies

This research aims to find out what is important for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women around maternity care. The Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SAHLN) are looking to change their maternity services to better include what Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander families want and need before, during and after bubs are born. 

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women can participate by contacting us using the details below. They can leave their details and an Aboriginal researcher will contact them for a yarn. If they prefer, participants can phone, text or email us.

To participate in this study contact:

Researchers at Flinders University are interested in the impact of different types of social media content on user well-being.

You will be asked to view a variety of videos popular on social media, and then complete some questionnaires about your typical social media use, physical activity, mood, and your body. 

To participate in this study contact:

Researchers from the Forensic and Clinical; Cognition Lab at Flinders University are seeking Adolescent participants (aged 14-17) for a study on Social Media and Wellbeing

If you agree for your child to participate in the research study, they will be asked to:

Complete a single 15–20-minute online survey where they will complete a series of questionnaires covering a range of issues related to:

• Social media engagement (e.g., “In the last 7 days how many days did you use social media”)
• Demographics (e.g., "What is your age?")
• Their general wellbeing and mental health (e.g., "I feel sad or empty").

Complete a daily diary (a 7-day 5-minute survey) where they will complete a series of questions each day including an assessment of:

• Their mood (e.g., “To what extend did you feel upset?”)
• Frequency of social media use (e.g., "On average, how many hours do you think you spent on social media today?")
• The types of social media content that they saw that day (e.g., "While browsing social media today, did you see any images or videos (including in posts, stories, videos, or lives) which included the following content: violence, graphic injury, food, animals, selfies?").
• A link to the diary survey will be sent to your child at the end of each day via text message or email.
  
  Please DO NOT agree for your child to participate in this study if you think that any of these tasks will make them distressed or upset.

The study takes place entirely online. This study will allow us to evaluate young people’s experiences with social media and their general well-being.

To participate in this study contact:

Female adolescents have been shown to dropout of organised sport at higher rates than males, which can contribute to women leading more sedentary lifestyles than men.

We are seeking female adolescents (aged 15-19) to participate in focus groups exploring reasons for drop-out from organised sport.

Insights gained from these groups will be used to put together an organised sport re-engagement initiative for female adolescents in South Australia.

To participate in this study:

Contact

A warm welcome from the Hearing and Tinnitus Research Innovation Group at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia!

We would like to invite you to take part in a research study.
This research study is part of a project that investigates tinnitus management - particularly this project will investigate non-invasive brain stimulation as a new treatment for tinnitus and its dual impact with cognitive behavioural therapy.

You must be over 18 years old and have been experiencing constant tinnitus for at least 6 months to be eligible for this study.

To participate in this study:

Contact

Attention: Tharin Sayed

Researchers are seeking Australian or Chinese individuals aged between 18 and 35 to participate in a study examining the relationship between health behaviour in relation to body image and eating behaviour and social media video watching.

Participation involves completion of a short (10-15 minutes) survey.

To participate in this study:

Contact

Researchers at Flinders University are looking for participants to complete a short survey on their opinions about weight and size.

This project investigates whether the provision of information about medical conditions impacts people’s opinions about weight and size.

What is involved:

• A short, anonymous online questionnaire
• Approximately 15-20 minutes of your time
• Watch a video about a medical condition
• Questions about weight and size
  

To participate in this study:

This project will investigate the Chinese families’ beliefs, practices and management of home language maintenance. This project is supported by Flinders University, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.
本项目将调查中国家庭对母语维护的信仰、实践和管理。该项目由弗林德斯大学人文、艺术和社会科学学院支持

Purpose of the study
This project aims to find out the status quo of home language maintenance and development among Chinese families in Australia, their experiences and perspectives of family language, and how they have been influenced by the world around them.
本项目旨在了解澳洲华人家庭保持和发展的现状，了解他们对家庭语言的经历和看法，以及他们受到周围世界的影响。

Benefits of the study
Sharing your experiences will help inform parents and teachers about the needs and expectations of home language maintenance and development. The results can be used to find effective ways to support home language development as a natural part of child development. Children will have life-long benefits from well-developed home language skills.
分享您的经验将有助于让家长和老师了解家庭语言维护和发展的需求和期望。研究结果可用于找出有效的方法来支持家庭语言发展，将其作为儿童发展的自然组成部分。孩子们将从发达的家庭语言技能中受益终生。

To participate in this study:

Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health researchers are seeking individuals to participate in new weight management treatment study for sleep apnoea and diabetes. 

To participate in this study:

Email Alison Pinczel for more details.

The sensation of breathlessness is a common symptom in people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). It can be debilitating and has profound effects on quality of life.  

This study will investigate how body signal (or interoceptive) attention can alter respiratory sensations in the short term by changing how the brain processes body signals and how signals are felt or ‘perceived’. The protocol will be tested in healthy participants and subsequently, participants with COPD who experience breathlessness more frequently.

To participate in this study:

Register your interest below and an investigator will be in touch to discuss this further or answer any questions you may have.

The respiratory muscles are arguably the most important muscles in the body and are controlled by the brain to pull air into the lungs for breathing.

This study will develop better, safer methods to assess their function (i.e. their ability to pull air into the lungs, termed mechanics) and how the brain controls muscle activity (i.e. which muscles get more/less activity, termed respiratory neural drive). We want to test the mechanics and function of the respiratory in both healthy participants and participants with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

To participate in this study:

Register your interest below and an investigator will be in touch to discuss this further or answer any questions you may have.

We’re collecting data from a variety of sources and working with key stakeholders to modify current procedures to make sure workers who report sexual harassment feel in-control, capable, and connected.

If you decided to participate, you will be asked to attend a one-on-one interview with a researcher that will be audio/video recorded. The interview will take approximately 30-45 minutes. 

To participate in this study:

Contact Annabelle via email to set up an interview time

This project has two parts, Study A and Study B.

This Participant Information and Consent Form is for the first part, Study A. Study A is a 12-item survey questionnaire investigating the experience of transitioning to advanced practice and any professional development or support you received. This project is supported by:
Flinders University, College of Nursing and Health Sciences.

Purpose of the study
This project aims to find out how registered nurses experience transitioning to advanced practice in Australia, and whether issues related to professional development and support are addressed.

Benefits of the study
The sharing of your experiences will help us better understand the experience of transitioning to advanced nursing practice, and what professional development and supports are provided for advanced practice in this country, from the perspective of advanced practice nurses working in Australia.

Participant involvement and potential risks:

• If you agree to participate in the research study, you will be asked to respond to a short 12-item questionnaire regarding your views about clinical supervision and your experience of advanced practice nursing in Australia.
  
  
• The survey will take between 5- 15 minutes and participation is entirely voluntary.
  

To participate in this study:

The study will involve a questionnaire below:

Student participants may be eligible for a further 1 hour online interview..

We are looking for young (18-35) healthy participants to measure the impact of antibiotics on vaccine responses. Researchers at SAHMRI, Flinders University and SA Health want to know if disrupting the bacteria that live in your gut (with antibiotics) influences how the immune system responds to vaccination.

What’s involved?

• Take antibiotic tablets for 3 days or have no antibiotics*
• Have 5 blood samples taken over a 4-7 month period
• Have 1-2 vaccinations (BCG or Yellow Fever vaccine or both)*
• Collect 3 stool samples at home
• Have a small skin biopsy taken if you received the BCG vaccine or 2 additional bloods if you received the Yellow Fever vaccine
  
  *randomly selected
  

Additional information

• Total time involved: 4-7 months
  (includes up to 5 months with no study visits).
  

This study has been reviewed by the CALHN Human Research Ethics Committee.

To participate in this study:

We are seeking volunteers to share their reasons for sport involvement or for not participating in sport, through:

To participate in this study:

A one-hour interview, please contact us to find out more or get involved.

This project investigates an online guided self-help intervention using Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT-GSH) in a stepped care model to help people recover from PTSD. The stepped-care approach can involve two stages of help, in which a person receiving therapy is matched to the level of therapy that most suits their current needs. This will be compared to a comparison group who will receive a standard Cognitive Processing Therapy.

Participants will be randomly allocated to receive either standard cognitive processing therapy or CPT-GSH for up to 12-18 sessions. Participants will also be asked to complete assessments about their life experiences, beliefs and symptoms before therapy, immediately after and 3-months following therapy.

To participate in this study:

This research study aims to understand whether a specific gene variant is responsible for changes to the bacteria that resides in the urogenital (urinary and genital tract) and gut, and the risk to urinary tract infection.

Please complete the 5-10 minute screening questionnaire using the link below:

If you are eligible for the study, you will be contacted to obtain your consent to participate in the study. All information you provide will be held in strict confidence.

Further information on the study is available within the screening questionnaire link provided or alternatively, please feel free to contact us at the email below.

To participate in this study:

This research study aims to understand more about how and what Australian Defence Force (ADF) veterans learn during their transition from the military to civil society.

Interviews are being conducted with ADF veterans where they will be asked to discuss their learning experiences throughout their military service and during their transition.

To participate in this study:

Researchers at Flinders University are looking for participants to complete a short survey on their own feelings and behaviours regarding their age and the ageing process.

What is Involved?
A short, anonymous, online questionnaire
Approximately 15-20 minutes of your time.
Questions on exercise, wellbeing, and ageing

To participate in this study:

In this two-part study you must complete both parts successfully within 24 hours to receive your payments.

For Part 1, you will study 3 magazine-style articles.  If you are eligible, you will also receive a link to Part 2. You must complete Part 2 within 24 hours of Part 1. For Part 2, you will study 3 more articles and then your memory for all 6 articles will be tested using multiple-choice questions.

Note, only people with a Flinders University login can participate in this survey.

The study will involve thinking about a negative event in your life.

We strongly suggest that if you believe you may be overly distressed by thinking about a negative event that you DO NOT participate in this experiment.

What happens during the study?

Participants can choose to either do a face-to-face or an online experiment. Participants will be asked to pay attention to any thoughts about their negative autobiographical event and complete a series of relevant questionnaires and a daily diary for a one-week period.

How long will it take?

Approximately 2 hours over the course of a week.

Register your interest

Register your interest via the email below and you will be contacted with more information about the study.

Find out more about our current PTSD treatment trials.

The study will involve thinking about a negative event in your life.

We strongly suggest that if you believe you may be overly distressed by thinking about a negative event that you DO NOT participate in this experiment.

What happens during the study?

Participants will be asked to do a face-to-face experiment. In the experiment, participants will be asked to pay attention to any thoughts about their negative autobiographical event and complete a series of relevant questionnaires, thought monitoring and a computer task. 

How long will it take?

The face-to-face experiment will take an hour to complete.

Register your interest

Register your interest via the email below and you will be contacted with more information about the study.

Find out more about our current PTSD treatment trials.

Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health researchers are seeking individuals to participate in new home-based treatment studies for insomnia.

Flinders University is looking for people who have had an abortion in the last 12 months to share their experiences of accessing health services. Understanding experiences of talking to health professionals about contraception and unwanted pregnancy can help us to improve the way people are supported to decide for themselves if and when to have children. This study is also wanting to hear how the COVID-19 pandemic might have affected how people access contraception and abortion services.

You can participate if:

• you have had an abortion in South Australia in the last 12 months
• you are currently over 18 years old.

By taking part in this study, you will be asked to complete:
A short 5-10 minute online questionnaire.

On completion of the questionnaire you will have the option of volunteering to take part in a 40-60 minute telephone or Zoom interview.

For further information and contact

For further information about this project, including aims and benefits of the project, data storage and remuneration, please see the Participant Information Sheet at the web link below.