In this project we also investigate the effect of a light-touch information intervention (written and/or visual information about the research team) on respondents trust in the research team and consent to thailand rcs data data linkage. information about the research team has a positive effect on respondents’ trust in the research team, particularly those from an ethnic minority background, it has no effect on respondents consent rates.
While we are surprised that the information didn’t improve consent rates our interpretation of this result is that, while the provision of information about the research team improves respondents trust in the research team it is not specific, or powerful, enough to improve consent rates.
A more specific light-touch intervention, for example if the information was about the research teams experience with data linkage, or something more powerful like a video of the research team discussing the benefits of data linkage, seems like a promising area of future research.