Dear Resident,
I am writing to ask for your help with an important research project in communities that have been affected by natural disasters. This study will interview people living in your community, along with three other communities in the region. To help us with this study, we are asking selected members of your community to complete a survey over the phone.
To make sure we hear from all different types of people who live in the area, the adult (age 18 or over) member of your household who has had the most recent birthday has been selected to participate in this study. Please have this household member complete and return the enclosed postcard. As a token of appreciation, we have included $1 with this letter.
A week or so after you return the postcard, you will receive a call from an independent research firm, ICF International, which is helping CDC (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) conduct this important study. Your answers will help us understand whether and how residents’ health and well-being were affected by tornados that hit the area. After completing the survey, we will send you a gift of $10.
Your participation is voluntary, and you may choose not to answer any question or to end the interview at any time. Your answers will be kept completely private and will only be reported in group form so that no one will be able to identify you from your answers. If you do not want to participate, there is no penalty.
The survey will take about 25 minutes to complete. If the call comes at a busy time, please let the interviewer know a better time to call you back. You can call XXX-XXX-XXXX, toll-free, if you have any questions or if you want to schedule a convenient time to complete the interview.
We look forward to talking with you. In the meantime, if you have any questions about this study, you may call Bhuvana Sukumar from ICF International at (877) XXX-XXXX.
We hope that you will take the time to help with this important research.
Sincerely,
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