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We are recruiting participants to take part in a study to assess personal safety mobile applications. We are looking for participants who are 18 years or older, who have at least one experience of feeling unsafe in any situation. We are interested to learn whether there are differences according to the sex, so we encourage males, females and LGBTQQIP2SAA community to take part.

A screening procedure will be conducted to finalize the participants for the study. Those interested in the study will be sent a screening questionnaire to assess suitability for the study.

The study will be conducted in the Graphics and Experiential Media (GEM) Lab, on the 4th floor of Mona Campbell building, Dalhousie University. You wi ll be given a device (Android/iPhone) to use in the study, if you prefer not to use your own. First, you will meet the researcher, where the study will be explained in detail and you will be asked to provide informed consent. You will then complete a brief demographic questionnaire and be interviewed to learn your experiences with personal safety. We are not interested to know details of your past experiences as we are just looking for a general description of when you would characterize a situation to be u nsafe. You will then be given a list of scenarios of potentially unsafe situations and will be asked to describe how you might respond. You will then be given a list of personal safety applications to choose from and will be asked to download the one on yo ur phone or lab device. You will be trained on how to use it.
The researcher will observe you while you are installing the application. You will then be asked on how you would use the application in the same unsafe scenarios and how such applications might change your reactions in the future.

The entire session is expected to
take about 2- 2. 5 hours to complete.

Each participant will be compensated with $30 for participating in the study, which is paid at the time of initiating the study.

If you are interested in participating, please contact Hasmeet Singh Chandok by email at Singh@dal.ca.
If you do not wish to disclose your identity to the researchers, you can also use an anonymous email, which is not linked to your personal information.