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Out in the cold: a guide to survival in community surveys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Geoffrey Wolff  and
Soumitra Pathare
Geoffrey Wolff*
Affiliation:
MRC Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Research Centre (Social Psychiatry Section), Institute of Psychiatry, DeCrespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF. E-mail gsw@scpu.mrc.ac.uk
Soumitra Pathare
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychiatry, St Thomas's Hospital, UMDS
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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Literature giving a ‘behind-the-scenes' view of community-based research is, at best, sparse. Most authors present only the finished product leaving others with the task of forever re-inventing the wheel. This paper provides a light-hearted account of the bittersweet experience of conducting a survey of community attitudes to mental illness. The survey was part of a controlled trial of an educational campaign for neighbours of residential facilities for mentally ill people. It involved Interviewing members of the local community in their own homes. The paper highlights common pitfalls and gives practical advice for the novice researcher.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 9 , September 1996 , pp. 521 - 523
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1996

References

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