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SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION COLLECTION

UNDER GENERIC CLEARANCES

DATE OF REQUEST: 12/01/2008

SUB AGENCY (I/C): National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

TITLE: Investigating small group information meetings as a community engagement strategy to encourage Latina/o and undocumented worker participation in the National Children’s Study – Duplin County NC

GENERIC CLEARANCE UNDER OMB# 0925-0590 EXP. DATE: __06/30/2011____

ABSTRACT:

The purpose of the research is to investigate whether conducting small group information meetings about the National Children’s Study as a community engagement strategy will encourage the participation of Latina/o and undocumented workers in the National Children’s Study. Through this research, the NIH and contract institutions will gain insight from potential study participants on the following:

• Determine whether holding small group meetings about the NCS in the target communities is an effective community engagement strategy for new immigrant Latina/o and undocumented communities.

• Assess the perception of the NCS within the selected populations.

• Evaluate whether small group meetings are an effective recruitment strategy within male and female subgroups and within two specific subgroups of the Latina/o population by area of origin – Mexican and Central American immigrants to North Carolina (North Carolina is experiencing an influx of “new immigrants” to the U.S.).

Ten focus groups will be conducted to test and obtain feedback on the use of small group meetings to encourage recruitment for the NCS within specific difficult to engage sub-populations of Duplin County’s Latina/o community. Data will be collected by bi-lingual research staff.

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN APPROVED: 5825 hours

BURDEN USED TO DATE: 0 hours

BURDEN THIS REQUEST: 160 hours

IS RACE AND ETHNICITY DATA COLLECTED AS REQUIRED?

______YES ______NO__X__N/A

OBLIGATION TO RESPOND:

__X__ VOLUNTARY

______ REQUIRED TO OBTAIN OR RETAIN BENEFITS

______ MANDATORY

HOW WILL THIS SURVEY BE OFFERED?

_____ WEB SITE

_____ TELEPHONE INTERVIEW

_____ MAIL RESPONSE

__X__ IN PERSON INTERVIEW

_____ OTHER: ___________________________________

CONTACT INFORMATION:

NAME: Dr. Ken Schoendorf

TELEPHONE NUMBER: 301-594-1302

EMAIL ADDRESS: Schoendk@mail.nih.gov