Informed Consent Form for Respondents

This informed consent is an invitation to participate in this study entitled: Qatar E-waste Campaigns and Management Awareness Implementation Assessment. Please be assured that you will be given time to reflect on whether you would like to participate or not, and that you may ask questions anytime if you do not understand some of the words or concepts.

Purpose of the Research:
1. To assess the level of awareness of Qatar residents on Qatar e-waste campaigns and management.
2. To determine the attitudes and practices of Qatar residents on Qatar e-waste campaigns and management.
3. To correlate age and gender with the knowledge, attitude, and practice on e-waste management.
4. To determine the preferred media channels by Qatar residents on e-waste campaigns.

Importance of the Research:
The importance of the research is to educate and encourage the Qatar residents to practice proper e-waste disposal and recycling.

Participant Selection:
The selected participants to answer the research questionnaire are the residents of Qatar, both male and female with the age bracket of 15 to 64 years old.

Voluntary Participation:
Please be informed that participation in this study is voluntary and that you may withdraw your participation at any time.

Procedure:
If you agree to participate in this study, the researcher will conduct a survey questionnaire with your awareness and knowledge about e-waste, and Qatar e-waste campaigns and management.
1. The researcher will use a simple random sampling in which everyone has equal chances of being selected.
2. The questionnaire is written in English and Arabic
3. The questionnaire will be given to the respondents in two ways:
3.1. Printed questionnaires: to be given to the respondents personally
3.2. Digital questionnaire: available in word file, pdf file, and google form.
● send to respondents’ email
● send to respondents’ social chat application
● send the link to the respondents to access the google form
4. The respondents can approach the researcher for any questions and clarifications.
5. The respondents can submit their answered questionnaires by the following instructions below:
5.1. Respondents who are done answering the printed questionnaire will be collected by the researcher or they can submit it personally to the researcher.
5.2. Respondents who have not finished answering the printed questionnaire but will complete later because of limited time, can submit to the researchers’ email address, and social chat applications.
5.3 Respondents who are answering the digital questionnaire
● submit to researchers’ email address
● submit to researcher’ social chat application

Note: the researcher's email address and social chat applications are indicated on the questionnaire form.

Duration
The respondents will answer the survey questionnaire one time only. The questionnaire duration is about 10-12 minutes to answer.

Risks:
There are no foreseeable risks involved in participating in this research.

Benefits:
Here is the list of benefits that you may achieve from this research:
1. Respondents will be aware of the importance of proper e-waste disposal.
2. Respondents will be aware of the importance of proper e-waste recycling.
3. Respondents will be aware of Qatar's e-waste campaigns and management awareness implemented by the government, appointed agencies, and different organizations.
4. Respondents will be aware of Qatar's e-waste recycling centers.

Confidentiality:
Your responses to this survey will be anonymous. Please do not write any identifying information on your survey. For this research study, your comments will not be anonymous. Every effort will be made by the researcher to preserve your confidentiality including the following:
• Assigning code names/numbers for participants that will be used on all research notes and documents
• Keeping notes, interview transcriptions, and any other identifying participant information in a locked file cabinet in the personal possession of the researcher.
Participant data will be kept confidential except in cases where the researcher is legally obligated to report specific incidents. These incidents include, but may not be limited to, incidents of abuse and suicide risk.

Sharing the Results:
The researcher will share the results once the research study is officially published. The researcher will also share with the Qatar government, appointed agencies, and different organizations.

Right to Refuse and Withdraw:
You have the right to refuse and withdraw to answer any or all questions and you may terminate your involvement at any time if you choose.

Data Privacy:
The researcher is always committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. This privacy policy explains how the researcher will use the information collected about the respondents, how they can limit the use of that information if they prefer, and the procedures for safeguarding their privacy.
Once you agreed to participate in answering the survey questionnaire, the researcher needs to know your age, sex/gender, nationality, profession, income, and area/location in Qatar. The researcher gathers the information to correlate with the knowledge, attitudes, and practices on E-waste Campaigns and Management.
By submitting your information, you consent to the use of that information as described in this policy.

Who to contact:
If you have questions at any time about this study, or you experience adverse effects because of participating in this study, you may contact the researcher whose contact information is provided on the questionnaire form.
DATA PRIVACY NOTICE: By accomplishing the form you, as the data subject, hereby give your consent and authorization to the processing of the personal information you have provided. This consent and authorization remain valid and subsisting for a limited period consistent with the purposes above or until otherwise revoked or canceled in writing. To view the full Data Privacy Notice, visit https://networks.upou.edu.ph/dpn/. *

I hereby authorize the researchers to collect, process, and use the data indicated herein for other academic purposes. I understand that my personal information is protected by RA 10173, Data Privacy Act of 2012.