Appendix C: Fact Sheet and List of Interview Participants

October 25, 1999

We are graduate students in the UNC Chapel Hill School of Public health in the department of Health Behavior and Health Education. One of our degree requirements is that we conduct a Community Diagnosis. A Community Diagnosis is a type of research project where we assess the strengths and weaknesses of and help identify future directions for a community. The community in which we will be working is Robbins, NC.

We will be conducting interviews with individuals who reside in the Robbins community. We will also be interviewing service providers for their input into the assets and needs of those in Robbins. community leaders and service providers will be asked to identify community members to contact for interviews. When community members and service providers supply names of individuals to interview, we will ask to use their name to inform potential participants of who referred us to them. Once, identified, subjects will be contacted, informed of how ar from whom we got their name and asked to participate in a interview. After conducting these interview, we will summarize our findings about the strengths and weaknesses of the community, and present them (both written and verbally) to the Robbins community.

We would greatly appreciate your participation in our interviews, since you are familiar with the Robbins community, including its assets and needs. Participation is entirely voluntary and you are not required to give your name or reveal any personal information. You have the right to refuse to answer any question or stop the audio tape at any time. All information collected will remain confidential and the audio tape will be destroyed after all pertinent information is gathered. This interview should last 60-90 minutes.

If you have any questions or concerns about this project, or about your rights as a research participant, please do not hesitate to contact one of us, our project preceptor, or our faculty advisor. Our names and contact information are listed below. Feel free to contact us by calling collect, if necessary.

Thank you for your time. We appreciate your participation.

Erica Taylor
Group Contact for Monica Admian, Robin Argue, Alyse Behrman, Laurie Schowalter and Debbie Zysman

List of Interview Participants

Community Members:

Service Providers:

Appendix B: Interview guides and IRB Application

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Appendix E: Forum Report