[Faith-talk] Diabetics We Need Your Help

[David Andrews]

>From Joanne Wilson:

  
Diabetics, we need your help!          
Glaxo Smith Klein and the Diabetes Action Network of the National Federation of the Blind are working together 	to improve the lives of Diabetics who have
complications including blindness.

          
The company is seeking Type 2 diabetics to participate in focus groups in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.  If you are interested in participating, please
read on!

  
Are you interested in participating in a 90-minute, small group discussion that will help us better communicate with people who have suffered complications
due to Type 2 Diabetes?

 
The results from this research will be used to build better communication and patient education materials about Type 2 Diabetes and its possible complications.

 Here’s how you can participate, and what you can expect if you do participate:   

 What do you do if you are interested in participating in this research? 

You will phone Curtis Analytic Partners, (CAP) Inc at 1.800.836.1684, and ask for Ext 100, Angela Glass, Senior Project Manager.  CAP is a marketing research
company based in Philadelphia that has been working with pharmaceutical companies for 15 years, conducting confidential in-person and telephone interviews. 


 What can you expect when you contact Curtis Analytic Partners, Inc?

Angela Glass will be your contact at CAP. When you and she speak, after getting your full name, she will ask you a series of questions. Your responses to
these questions will be kept completely confidential.    

 Once we have determined if you qualify for the research, we will want to mail you some materials detailing the directions to the research facility where
the focus group will take place, and a letter confirming the date and time of the focus group.  Your name, telephone number, and address will never be
disclosed or distributed to anyone outside of CAP; only Angela Glass will have access to this data.  

 What is the layout of the research facility?

CAP rents research facilities throughout the country based on their accessibility to our interviewees.  Again, your confidentiality will be maintained,
as both the research facility and CAP’s interviewer will know only your first name and last initial.

 The research facility has 2 rooms.  One is where the focus group will be conducted and where you will sit with a CAP interviewer.  The second room is known
as a ‘viewing room’ and it is equipped with a one-way mirror that allows viewing of the focus group.  It is likely that CAP’s client (the sponsor of the
research) will observe the focus group, but will not attempt to meet you, or ask you any questions directly.  

 What is the focus group process?

An experienced moderator, knowledgeable about Type 2 Diabetes and its potential complications, will talk with you and others in the group about your experiences
as a Type 2 Diabetes patient, and what it has been like to live with the condition.  Your comments can be positive or negative; we want you to know that
your honest opinions are what is important to us, and that every answer you provide gives us insight into how to better communicate with people who have
Type 2 Diabetes.

  Will I receive compensation for my participation?

Yes. For your participation in the group you will receive $100.00

 Also a maximum of $25.00 will be reimbursed if travel costs to and from the research facility were incurred (i.e. taxi cab)

 You will be paid (in cash) at the conclusion of your focus group. 

 Beverages (lunch, dinner, snacks, depending on the time of the group) and parking will be provided to you at no cost.