You
are invited to be part of a group of Knowledge Networks Panel Members
in a study being conducted by Yale University and RAND, a non-profit
research organization based in California. This study is funded by
the Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality (AHRQ), an agency
within the federal Department of Health and Human Services. The
purpose of this study is to learn how people make choices about their
health care. Your participation in this study will involve
responding to some preliminary questions, reviewing a website, and
then answering some questions about the website. In all, your
participation in this study will take about 30 minutes. The surveys
in this study will be quite similar to the kinds of surveys you have
already been involved in as a Knowledge Networks Panel Member.
[Screen 2]
Your
participation in this study is completely voluntary. You may withdraw
your consent, discontinue participation, and/or refuse to answer any
questions at any time without penalty. As always, your identity will
be kept confidential in all data and reports resulting from the
study. Furthermore, the information collected through this study will
only be reported in the aggregate – no particular person’s
responses will be singled out.
There
is no identifiable risk to you from participating in this study. The
main benefit to participating in this study is that you will
contribute to general understanding about how people use information
to make health care decisions.
All
of the conditions and terms described in the "Knowledge
Networks, Inc. Privacy & Terms of Use Policy" document that
you received when you got your recruitment packet are in effect for
this study. If you have questions about your rights as a participant
in this study, or about any other aspect of this study, you may
contact Knowledge Networks at (800) 782-6899.
[Screen 3]
Would
you like to participate in this study? If yes, the first survey will
follow.
Yes
No
File Type
application/msword
File Title
General Consent Form {may be made topic specific by PI}