Your school board and Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health are inviting you to participate in a survey. We are asking students, parents, teachers and school staff to share their opinions and experiences about student well-being.
What is the purpose of the survey?
The survey asks about your family’s well-being and experiences with your child’s school. Your answers to this survey will help us plan programs to make your child’s school and our community a better place.
What we are asking you to do:
We want you to answer the questions on this 10-minute survey. There are no right or wrong answers. If you don’t know the answer to a question, leave it blank. You can also skip any question if it makes you uncomfortable.
If you need help filling out this survey, feel free to call Public Health for support (1-800-265-7293 ex. 4312).
Do you have to do this survey?
You do not have to do this survey. It is up to you. You can choose not to start the survey or you can change your mind during the survey.
Your family’s relationship with the school, teachers and Public Health will not be affected if you choose not to do the survey or if you choose to stop at any point. If you do choose to stop, you can choose to delete your answers or keep your answers. If you keep your answers, we can still use those answers to help us understand student well-being. Once you’ve finished the survey or if you close the internet browser suddenly, you can’t delete any answers and they will be kept.
Could this survey hurt or help you in any way?
Some questions in this survey might make you feel uncomfortable and you don’t have to answer those if you don’t want to. This survey could help you because we will use the answers to improve community and school plans, programs and services.
What will we do with the information?
When you finish the survey, your answers will go to Public Health. Your answers will not be seen by anyone at the school. Public Health will keep your answers to the survey private and password protected. They will take all information from students, parents and teachers who complete this survey to create reports or publications for schools, the community, and other professionals. Any information that could identify you will not be used in any report or publication. The reports will be available on the Report Card Coalition Website: www.wdgreportcard.com. Data collected from the survey will be kept on a secure network for at least six years.
This survey has received an approval from an ethics review. If you have questions about this, contact Jennifer MacLeod at 1-800-265-7293 ext. 4370 or by email at jennifer.macleod@wdgpublichealth.ca
If you have any other questions, you can contact:
Blair Hodgson
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health
Phone Number: 1-800-265-7293 ex. 4312
Email Address: blair.hodgson@wdgpublichealth.ca
The information on this form is collected under the authority of the Health Protection and Promotion Act in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Personal Health Information Protection Act. This information will be used for the delivery of public health programs and services; the administration of the agency; and the maintenance of healthcare databases, registries and related research, in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. Any questions about the collection of this information should be addressed to the Chief Privacy Officer at 1-800-265-7293.