Protocol Gallery
This is a curated list of Network Canvas protocols that demonstrate a variety of data collection techniques across a wide variety of research contexts. The authors have kindly agreed to share these protocols for others to reference or build upon.
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"Social Support Networks and Outcomes: A Longitudinal Study of Justice-Involved Populations with Substance Use Disorder", a project of the NIDA-funded Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN)
Tillson M, Annett J, Staton M, Schneider J, Oser C
An example of measuring social network structure focused on social support and drug use.
Edge Generation:
sociogram
The complexity of informal caregiving for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in rural South Africa (KAYA)
Manderson L, Brear M, Rusere F, Farrell M, Gómez-Olivé F, Berkman L, Kahn K, Harling G.
An example of implementing side panels within successive name generators to dynamically display prior alters, streamlining data collection and reducing respondent burden.
Edge Generation:
no edges captured
Mapping social networks, social influence and sexual health among youth in rural KwaZulu-Natal, the Sixhumene cohort study (Wave 1)
Nxumalo V, Nxumalo S, Smit T, Khoza T, Mdaba F, Khumalo T, Cislaghi B, McGrath N, Seeley J, Shahmanesh M, Harling G.
An example of longitudinal data capture within Network Canvas and the utilization of a lookup roster for a whole network study. Protocols for all three waves are included.
Edge Generation:
sociogram, tie-strength dyad census
Reducing Obesity Using Social Ties Program (ROBUST)
Phillips E, Potter C, Poole J, Lewis A, Nahid M, Christos P, Hootman K, Winston G, de la Haye K
An example of utilizing the narrative interface as a visualization tool for a participant's social network, displaying alter edges, group and individual alter attribute variables, and allowing for dynamic repositioning of nodes to elicit qualitative data about the network.
Edge Generation:
sociogram, dyad census
Geographic variation in Opioid Addiction Treatment study: Multi-Level Factors Influencing MAT Use, Other Treatment, & Adverse Outcomes among Re-entering Rural and Urban Prisoners (GATE)
Oser C, Batty E, Booty M, Eddens K, Knudsen H, Perry B, Rockett M, Staton M.
An example of using name generators to elicit alters across multiple relationship domains and categorical and ordinal bins to capture characteristics and interactions between ego–alter pairs to understand how network composition and structure relate to treatment trajectories.
Edge Generation:
sociogram, tie-strength dyad census
Test-to-PrEP: A Randomized Hybrid Implementation/Effectiveness Trial of a Social Network Strategy to Increase Equitable Reach of HIV Testing and PrEP Information
Bravo A, Butts S, Johnson AL, Rodriguez E, Rabin B, Smith L, Kanamori M, & Doblecki-Lewis S
An example of utilizing the dyad census to systematically survey all alter pairs within the network followed by a per alter edge form stage which enables the capture of attribute data on the edges generated.
Edge Generation:
sociogram, dyad census