Atachment D_Recruitment Email

Subject: Seeking Participants for a Survey About Work Injuries

Dear Potential Participant,

I am a researcher at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and our Behavior Analysis Research Team is conducting research on the work experiences of applied behavior analysis workers. You are receiving this email because you have a BACB credential (RBT, BCaBA, BCBA, or BCBA-D).

You are invited to participate in a short, web-based survey that will collect information on the injuries you might have experienced while working. We are collecting this information so that we can see if applied behavior analysis workers get injured more or less frequently than other types of workers and, in the future, use the data to improve working conditions and reduce injuries.

The survey contains questions about your workplace, the injuries you have sustained in the past 12 months, and any personal protective equipment you use. Your responses to the survey are anonymous. We will not use the survey to identify you. Even though your responses will not identify you, we will treat your data in a secure manner and will not disclose the information unless otherwise compelled by law.

Completing the survey is voluntary and refusing to participate will not involve any penalty. You may skip questions or stop answering questions at any time. You will not receive any compensation for completing the survey. There are no foreseeable risks associated with this survey.

If you agree to participate, please click the following link or copy and paste the URL into your browser’s address bar to go to the survey:

[ survey link]

Thank you for your time,

Oliver Wirth, Ph.D.
Health Effects Laboratory Division
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
1095 Willowdale Road, Mailstop 4050
Morgantown, WV 26505
(304) 285-6323
oaw5@cdc.gov