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Learning Goal: I’m working on a social work project and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.
Research Topic: “The Impact of Teletherapy on Access to Mental Health Services Among Vulnerable Populations.”
Research Question: “How does Teletherapy affect access to mental health services for vulnerable populations?”
Provide the following in the format specified below:
Methods
Describe the method you would use and why this would be the best design for your study. This would essentially be a cross-sectional, quasi-experimental, or experimental design.
Describe the sampling technique you would use and why this would be the best technique for your study. This should be the sampling design you identified in the Week 4 Assignment and/or any additional feedback that you have received from the instructor.
Procedures
Describe how you would implement your sampling technique (i.e., how you would go about gathering respondents)
Describe what respondents would be expected to do during the study. Provide detailed explanations – remember what you learned about ethics!
Describe the specific procedures that you will use to collect the data for your study. This may include the specific steps for administering the scales you have previously identified or other data collection methods. Be very specific as to how and when the measures will be administered, or the date collected in the context of the study timeline.
Limitations
Based on the proposed design, identify any of the relevant research design limitations that could affect your design. This may include threats to internal and external validity in the case off experimental designs or limitations to cross sectional designs implicit in the design itself or because of conducting surveys.
References
Include references for any articles or websites you used – APA formatted.
The paper should be about 5 pages in length. The paper should follow APA format.
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Identifying the Sampling Design and Ethical Considerations
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Population
The population from where the sample will be obtained consists of vulnerable
individuals who tend to face obstacles while seeking mental health services characterized by
challenges such as economic problems, racial prejudice, disability, or even living in remote
locations. Nonetheless, only individuals living in the US qualify to be sampled, and the time
is at present, which aligns with the study’s aim to reveal how teletherapy impacts access to
mental health services. The individual participants who meet the outlined criteria are the units
of analysis for this study.
Sampling Design
The sampling design will be purposive sampling, which is chosen to guarantee
representation from various individuals who form the population of interest (Takats et al.,
2022). It involves an intentional selection of the respondents as per the criteria set
beforehand.
Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria:
1. Inclusion criteria: Potential participants must be individuals who belong to the already
defined vulnerable populations (that is, people facing economic challenges, those who
are victims of ethnic or racial prejudice, people living with disabilities, and persons
residing in extremely remote areas). They must also be adults (that is, aged at least 18
years). That age is crucial because informed consent will be sought (Sexton, 2022).
2. Exclusion criteria: Any individual who does not meet the inclusion criteria, as well as
children who cannot consent.
Ethical Considerations
This study is focused on vulnerable members of society. As such, therefore, stringent
ethical considerations will be followed. These include ensuring that the participants are
protected and not exploited based on their vulnerability. First, informed consent will be
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sought. In order to consent as such, the participants will be informed about the purpose of the
study, its benefits, as well as any risks of participating in it. Second, confidentiality will be
maintained as much as possible. There will also be respect for cultural diversity, including
sharing information in the language that the participants understand (Sexton, 2022).
Confidentiality will be maintained as much as possible. All pieces of data will be depersonalized in order to make it impossible to link them to any particular individual. Any
identifying details which may be retained will be separately and securely stored. Lastly, there
will be concerted efforts to minimize any kind of harm. In case of distress, the participants
will be assisted in an effective manner, and they will also have the right to stop their
participation if they so wish (Pilbeam et al., 2022; Takats et al., 2022). These ethical
considerations will be submitted for review and approval by the Institutional Review Board
(IRB). This will be done to ensure that no important element is missed. The fact that the
targeted population is composed of vulnerable individuals makes ethical considerations far
more important than it could have been the case if the targeted individuals were without the
noted challenges (Pilbeam et al., 2022).
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References
Pilbeam, C., Anthierens, S., Vanderslott, S., Tonkin-Crine, S., & Wanat, M. (2022, March 3).
Methodological and Ethical Considerations When Conducting Qualitative Interview
Research With Healthcare Professionals: Reflections and Recommendations as a
Result of a Pandemic. International Journal of Qualitative Methods.
https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069221077763
Sexton, M. (2022, July). Convenience Sampling and Student Workers: Ethical and
Methodological Considerations for Academic Libraries. The Journal of Academic
Librarianship, 48(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2022.102539
Takats, C., Kwan, A., Wormer, R., Goldman, D., Jones, H. E., & Romero, D. (2022, June
17). Ethical and Methodological Considerations of Twitter Data for Public Health
Research: Systematic Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24(11).
https://www.jmir.org/2022/11/e40380/
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