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What should I do if…. I don’t want to be contacted about the study? Please phone the BiBBS project office or let a member of staff at the maternity reception it’s really good, it’s desk know when you something special and attend for your partner’s different that’s never Glucose Tolerance Test. happened to me before in my life, it’s special to be part of the research. I have questions or problems? Sonia + zubir – BiB parents You can ask questions about the research by phoning the BiBBS project office and speaking to someone from the team. If you have any questions about the health of the child you should contact your GP. We would like to invite you to take part in the BiBBS I want to withdraw Information and samples will from the study? research study. This leaflet be stored for use by researchers Please contact us. The explains why the study is in the UK and both inside and BiBBS project contact being done and what taking outside the European Economic details are as follows: How will you keep Area. Some of these countries part would involve for you. information confidential? do not have the same data Phone: 01274 383941 When you take part you will protection laws as in the UK, Website: www.bibbs.co.uk Please read this information be given a study number and however, the information they carefully and ask us if you only authorised members of receive will only be labelled Address: have any questions. the BiBBS project team will with a study number, so it BiBBS Project Office, be able to identify you from cannot be linked to you. Temple Bank House, your study number. All the , information we collect about Will I get to know the Duckworth Lane, Information sheet you, and the sample we findings of the project? Bradford BD9 6RJ take from you, will be stored The findings will be published securely and in strict confidence in scientific journals. We using this study number. will also make sure they are reported in newspapers and For partners of pregnant women However, if we have concerns on the radio. We will also that you, or someone else, is hold public meetings and living in Bowling and , at risk of harm then we may send findings to community tell the relevant services, for groups and Children’s Centres example your GP, hospital in Bradford. None of these will & or social services. identify individual people.

@BiBBSParents This study is organised and run by the Better Start Bradford Innovation Hub, a part of Born in Bradford based at the Bradford Teaching Born in Bradford’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This study is funded by the National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund. The sponsor for the study Better Start is Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The study has been approved by Bradford and Research Ethics Committee. Registered charity no: 1061753 Information sheet for Partners of pregnant women v3 16.02.16 Information sheet for Partners of pregnant women v3 16.02.16 (15/YH/0455) (15/YH/0455) 04 www.bIBBS.co.uk Born in Bradford’s Better Start project

A what is BiBBS? B TAKING PART IN BiBBS The Local Authority (council), e.g. “I am very proud BORN IN BRADFORD’S If you agree to take part n Children’s services (including BETTER START PROJECT we will ask you to: children’s centres and social care) that my family BiBBS is inviting all partners n Schools is part of the of pregnant women and their 1 When you join BiB study. It families who live in Bowling and the study Better Start Bradford Projects is good to Barkerend, Bradford Moor and (If you come to the Glucose know that our Little Horton to take part in our Test Tolerance Clinic with your We would like to ask these information is study. Better Start Bradford is partner or at another time we organisations to share relevant offering exciting new projects arrange with you) complete information with BiBBS. This being used by for families in these areas. BiBBS a consent form and short helps us to understand researchers will look at how these projects questionnaire with the help of a children’s health and to improve help to improve children’s Community Research Assistant. development as they grow up. the health of health and development. children in Have some measurements taken: Bradford and BiBBS will collect information n Your weight All of this information elsewhere.” about you and children in your n Your waist measurement will be confidential family as they grow up. This will n Your height Janet – A BiB mum help us understand how to give children the best start in life. Give a sample: We would like to send you n Of your saliva newsletters from time to Are there any benefits or BiBBS is run by the Born in time to let you know about risks for me or my family? Bradford study. The study how BiBBS is getting on, and There are no direct benefits to has successfully followed If you don’t want us invite you to take part in other you, your partner or baby. The up over 13,500 children and to take any of these research related to BiBBS. main benefit is that you will be their families since 2007. measurements or a helping us to understand more saliva sample please let Do I have to take part? about how to improve children’s How can I take part? us know. You will still No, it’s up to you. Whatever you health and development. Someone from the BiBBS be able to take part. decide, your partner’s health You may be offered the chance research team will explain care will not be affected in The study will not harm you, to take part in Better Start the study if you go to the any way and you will still be your partner or baby. If there are Bradford projects. If lots of Glucose Tolerance Test clinic 2 As your child able to take part in the Better any parts of the study that you families want to take part in with your partner, or they grows up Start Bradford projects. are worried about a researcher projects, there may not be with families who have been will call you to arrange to Many organisations regularly can discuss this with you. enough places for everyone. selected to take part in a project. meet you at another time. collect information about If you decide to take part and If this happens, families may families, including: then later change your mind, C HOW WE WILL be selected for projects What will happen to the If you don’t want to be you can withdraw using the USE THE BIBBS by chance (randomly), like samples we collect? contacted about this research Healthcare Organisations, eg: details on the back of this INFORMATION using the toss of a coin. Your saliva sample will be please ring the BiBBS n GPs and health visitors information sheet. If you We will use your and your stored and kept for use by team or tell the reception n Hospitals become unable to consent in partner’s information to If your family are not selected researchers. We will not desk when you go to your n Midwives the future, we will not collect understand children’s to take part in a project we feedback the results of analysis partner’s GTT appointment. n Dentists any further information. health and development. may compare your information of samples to you individually.

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