Postal Invite

Subject: Special Invitation to Participate in the DoD Women’s Reproductive Health Care
Provider Survey (WRHCPS)

We are inviting you to participate in the DoD Women’s Reproductive Health Care
Provider Survey (WRHCPS). The WRHCPS is the first time that the DoD has sponsored
a department-wide survey specific to health care professionals who provide
reproductive health care to active duty service women (ADSW). Though it will not
cover every area that is relevant to the health care you provide to ADSW, it will focus
on a few key areas of interest to the study’s sponsor, the Defense Health Agency
(DHA). We would like you to fill out this confidential online survey. Sharing your
experiences as a health care provider will help ensure that ADSW have access to the
care they need to be part of a fit, ready fighting force. Your participation in this
exciting study will make a difference!
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Participation is voluntary.
The survey is being conducted by RAND, an independent research organization, and
[survey firm], a survey research firm.
We will not tell DoD, the Services, or your command whether you completed the
survey.
This is a legitimate, DoD-approved research study. More information can be found
at: [DoD website]
You can complete the web survey on a non-CAC enabled computer at home or at
work. It takes about 20 minutes to complete. If you need to stop before completing
the survey, you can log in again later to finish it.

As a thank you for your participation, we would like to offer you a $40 Visa e-gift
card. Please note that, due to DoD regulations, we can only offer the gift card if you
compete the survey outside of duty hours. If the survey has met the completion
target for providers of your same type, you will not be eligible for participation or
compensation. This information will be available to you after logging into the survey.

Please don’t miss this opportunity to help improve force health and readiness by
helping DoD identify, understand, and address some key issues that health care
providers may face. The survey results will have a direct impact on policies of
interest to you, ADSW, the Services, DoD, and Congress.
You can complete the survey now by going to the following secure website. You
will need to use the unique ID code provided below to access the survey.