Consent for 16-17 year olds

APPROVED
OMB # 0920-XXXX____________________
OMB EXP. DATE_____/_____/______

Attachment 8a

Informed Consent (Focus Groups)—Young Adults (Ages 16–17)

[Month and year of focus group to be inserted]

ICF Macro is conducting focus groups on behalf of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF). You have been invited to participate in a 90-minute focus group with other young adults your age living with hemophilia. This focus group will help us better understand how to best communicate messages on transition issues for young adults aged 16–17 living with hemophilia.

Before you agree to join in this discussion, please review and consider the conditions listed below:

• Participation in this group discussion is completely voluntary.

• Any questions you have about this study will be answered before the group discussion begins.

• The focus group will be audio taped and videotaped. The tapes will be used to help the leader of the focus group create a report.

• The focus group will be observed by project staff from CDC, NHF, and ICF Macro.

• We ask you use your first name only and avoid using your last name during the focus group.

• The information you give will remain private and your name will not be associated with your answers.

• Your name will not be used in any reports about this group, and no quotes will be attributed to you.

• You may choose not to answer questions that you do not want to answer.

• You may choose to leave the group at any time for any reason.

• The risks to you from participating in this research are minimal, and you will receive no direct benefits, other than compensation for your time. If you receive provide your own transportation to and from the facility will receive $75 for participating in the focus group.

• A parent/guardian must sign this form below granting parental consent for your participation in the focus group. The parent/guardian signature will be verified.

• A parent/guardian who has provided transportation for young adults aged 16–17 will receive $25 to assist with travel expenses to commute to and from the research facility, and the participant will receive $50 as a token of appreciation for participating in the focus group.

Contact information: If you have any concerns about your participation in this discussion group or have any further questions about the project, contact Mel Miller at ICF Macro, toll free at 1-888-694-4747.

Your signature below means that you understand the conditions stated above and agree to participate in this group.

Signature of Youth _______________________________________

Date _______________________________________

Parent/Guardian Consent

I, ____________________________, have read the above. My child may participate.

Parent/Guardian

Signature of Parent/Guardian ________________________________

Date _______________________________________

Public reporting burden of this collection of information is estimated to average 6 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to CDC/ATSDR Information Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road N.E., MS D-74, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, ATTN: PRA (0920-XXXX).