title: The application of online surveys for workplace health research.
abstract: Work has a synergistic relationship to health, and workplaces are increasingly the focus for both health promotion initiatives and health research. Electronic technologies are a common feature of many workplaces and as such are convenient low cost survey vehicles for the health researcher. The methods and the implications of employing Internet methods for health research are covered and a wide range of issues connected with online sampling and data collection are discussed. Because the workplace does not provide a neutral research environment, the security, anonymity and associated issues of using the two main forms of Internet surveys for workplace health research are examined and their advantages and disadvantages are debated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health and Social Care, Brunel University, Osterley Campus, Borough Road, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 5DU, England. angela.scriven@brunel.ac.uk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scriven
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Smith-Ferrier
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality; D034742:Electronic Mail; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016272:Occupational Health; D012107:Research Design; D012650:Self Disclosure; D006113:United Kingdom; D017132:Workplace