South Australian Population Health Survey (SAPHS) monitors population trends in health risk factors and chronic diseases on behalf of the South Australia Health so that the SA Health has information to monitor population health status and to assist in the planning, implementation and evaluation of health services, policies and programs. On average, the survey takes 20 minutes to complete. All answers are confidential and all results will be presented in a form that does not allow any individual's answers to be identified. Participants are selected to participate by the generation of Random phone numbers – both mobile numbers and landlines. While best efforts are made to only select people in South Australia, some mobile numbers from other states are called.

Participants have the option to nominate an alternative time to complete the survey, and also have to option to complete the survey online at their convenience. Results from these surveys will be published annually, and can be seen at https://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/Public+Content/SA+Health+Internet/About+us/Health+statistics/

You can contact McNair regarding this study via saphs@mcnair.com.au or by calling 1800 669 133.

The Department for Health and Wellbeing (DHW) coordinates a survey called Population Health Survey Module System (PHSMS). The PHSMS is an available to government and non-government organisations to obtain data on a range of population health and wellbeing issues within South Australia.

On average, the survey takes 20 minutes to complete. All answers are confidential and all results will be presented in a form that does not allow any individual's answers to be identified. Participants are selected to participate by the generation of Random phone numbers – both mobile numbers and landlines. While best efforts are made to only select people in South Australia, some mobile numbers from other states are called.

Participants have the option to nominate an alternative time to complete the survey, and also have to option to complete the survey online at their convenience. More information on this surveys can be seen at https://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/Public+Content/SA+Health+Internet/About+us/Health+statistics/

Ethics approval: HREC/18/SAH/78/AM02

You can contact McNair regarding this study via saphs@mcnair.com.au or by calling 1800 669 133.

The South Australian Public Hospital Consumer Experience Survey (SACESS) is conducted amongst a sample of people who recently received hospital care at home through the My Home Hospital service.  The survey measures consumers’ experiences with the care and treatment provided by the My Home Hospital service and aims to improve the safety and quality of the service.

The survey is being carried out by the Department for Health and Wellbeing (DHW). All answers will be put into a report so that the government and DHW can work towards providing the highest quality health care and services as possible. Ethics approval for the survey has been obtained from SA Health Human Research Ethics Committee.

The answers provided allow SA Health to report to the government and enable hospitals to work towards providing the highest quality health care and services as possible. McNair yellowSquares is provided the secure and confidential contact details of people who have been in hospital on a monthly basis.

The survey is voluntary and takes around 15 minutes to complete.  All answers are confidential and all results will be presented in a form that does not allow any individual's answers to be identified.  Your responses to questions will only be used to provide information about the quality of the My Home Hospital service, and help improve these services.

Participants have the option to nominate an alternative time to complete the survey, and also have to option to complete the survey online at their convenience.

De-identified results from these surveys will be published annually for the previous year. They will be available on our website www.myhomehospital.com.au.

If you have any questions about the survey, or wish to withdraw your participation, you can email the Clinical Program Lead for My Home Hospital on Health.MyHomeHospital@sa.gov.au or phone 1300 375 858.

You can contact McNair regarding this study via sacess@mcnair.com.au or by calling 1800 669 133

McNair yellowSquares is conducting an online survey amongst tradespeople on behalf of a major tool manufacturer. This survey is being conducted with 800 people across Australia and New Zealand to gather their opinions on a range of different tools and brands.

The survey takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. Personal information remains completely confidential. Contact information may be collected for the purposes of providing incentives only.

McNair yellowSquares has been conducting regular multi-lingual surveys for SBS for over a decade – in more than 30 languages. Each wave typically comprises 300 to 400 interviews, accumulating to well over 10,000 in-language surveys. Some of the languages conducted for SBS are as follows: Arabic, Cantonese and Mandarin, Italian, Greek, Vietnamese, Hindi, Korean, Spanish and the Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian (BSC) family of languages. This research is conducted by bi-lingual interviewers in areas where there is a high-incidence of specific language communities.

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