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Step One:

Register your project

  • In addition to registering online, all projects involving staff or service users from District Mental Health Services should contact Murray Patton, Clinical Director, Mental Health Services for information about the approval process for this service.
     
  • Waitemata DHB researchers should visit the Awhina R&KC Staffnet site for additional tools & templates
Step Two:

Approval Process
  • Waitemata DHB Approval Form(s) will be emailed to you in response to the online registration. Return signed forms to Awhina R&KC, alternatively email approvals will be accepted. These approvals from relevant local Managers and Clinical Directors must be sought prior to progressing with external ethics approval.

  • Contact Nga Kai Tataki/Maori Regional Research Committee

  • Proceed with relevant HDEC or university ethics approval process, where required. 
     
  • Return all relevant documentation to Awhina R&KC:
     
    Requirement Checklist - Research
    Requirement Checklist - Audit/Observational Checklist
     
  • An email indicating approval to proceed will be sent once all relevant documentation and approvals have been received by Ahwhina R&KC.

Step Three:

Ongoing Requirements

Continue to send Awhina R&KC copies of
  • Amendments
  • Ethics Committee correspondence
  • Publications/Final reporting

In order to obtain Locality Assessment and organisational sign-off you must have completed Waitemata DHB Approval of Research/Audit Form. Register your project online now and receive Waitemata DHB sign-off forms via email. Waitemata DHB Research Policy dictates that:

• All proposed research must be registered with the Knowledge Centre prior to presenting to the managers of the service in Waitemata District Health Board (WDHB) where the research will be conducted, before the research is commenced.

• All proposals must receive written management approval (including Locality Assessment). This is specified in order to manage the risk and use of resources especially where this involves staff or patients.

Privacy Act
Principal Investigators should make themselves familiar with the requirements of the Privacy Act 1993 and the Health Information Privacy Code 1994. Refer to the Interim Website of New Zealand Legislation.

The Privacy Act sets out 12 Principles that govern the collection, use, storage, retention and disclosure of personal information. The Privacy Act also permits the Privacy Commissioner to issue codes of practice governing particular types of personal information. In 1994 the Commissioner issued the Health Information Privacy Code. This Code contains 12 Health Information Privacy Rules. The Rules are very similar to the 12 Principles in the Privacy Act, but are modified specifically for the health sector.

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