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dc.contributor.authorPetticrew, Marken_UK
dc.contributor.authorSemple, Seanen_UK
dc.contributor.authorHilton, Shonaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorCreely, Karen Sen_UK
dc.contributor.authorEadie, Douglasen_UK
dc.contributor.authorRitchie, Deborahen_UK
dc.contributor.authorFerrell, Catherineen_UK
dc.contributor.authorChristopher, Yvetteen_UK
dc.contributor.authorHurley, Fintanen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-18T01:24:21Z-
dc.date.available2018-01-18T01:24:21Z-
dc.date.issued2007-08en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/1485-
dc.description.abstractBackground: A ban on smoking in wholly or substantially enclosed public places has been in place in Scotland since 26th March 2006. The impact of this legislation is currently being evaluated in seven studies, three of which involve direct observation of smoking in bars and other enclosed public places. While the ethical issues around covert observation have been widely discussed there is little practical guidance on the conduct of such research. A workshop was therefore convened to identify practical lessons learned so far from the Scottish evaluation. Methods: We convened a workshop involving researchers from the three studies which used direct observation. In addition, one of the fieldwork managers collected written feedback on the fieldwork, identifying problems that arose in the field and some solutions. Results: There were four main themes identified: (i) the difficulty of achieving and maintaining concealment; (ii) the experience of being an observer; (iii) the risk of bias in the observations and (iv) issues around training and recruitment. These are discussed. Conclusion: Collecting covert observational data poses unique practical challenges, in particular in relation to the health and safety of the researcher. The findings and solutions presented in this paper will be of value to researchers designing similar studies.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_UK
dc.relationPetticrew M, Semple S, Hilton S, Creely KS, Eadie D, Ritchie D, Ferrell C, Christopher Y & Hurley F (2007) Covert observation in practice: lessons from the evaluation of the prohibition of smoking in public places in Scotland. BMC Public Health, 7 (1), p. 204. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/7/204; https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-204en_UK
dc.rightsPublished in BMC Public Health by BioMed Central Ltd.; © 2007 Petticrew et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.; Publisher statement: "This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited".en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/en_UK
dc.subjectSmoking Prevention and control Scotlanden_UK
dc.subjectSmoking Law and legislation Scotlanden_UK
dc.titleCovert observation in practice: lessons from the evaluation of the prohibition of smoking in public places in Scotlanden_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1471-2458-7-204en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleBMC Public Healthen_UK
dc.citation.issn1471-2458en_UK
dc.citation.volume7en_UK
dc.citation.issue1en_UK
dc.citation.spage204en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/7/204en_UK
dc.author.emaildouglas.eadie@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Glasgowen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationInstitute for Social Marketingen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Glasgowen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationInstitute of Occupational Medicineen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationInstitute for Social Marketingen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Edinburghen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Glasgowen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Aberdeenen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationInstitute of Occupational Medicineen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000250501800001en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-35348950016en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid807056en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-0462-7295en_UK
dc.date.accepted2007-08-10en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2007-08-10en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2009-07-29en_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_UK
local.rioxx.authorPetticrew, Mark|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorSemple, Sean|0000-0002-0462-7295en_UK
local.rioxx.authorHilton, Shona|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorCreely, Karen S|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorEadie, Douglas|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorRitchie, Deborah|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorFerrell, Catherine|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorChristopher, Yvette|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorHurley, Fintan|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2009-07-29en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/|2009-07-29|en_UK
local.rioxx.filenameCovert observation in practice.pdfen_UK
local.rioxx.filecount1en_UK
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