Basline Verbal Consent

Assessing the Implementation and Effectiveness of DOD’s Lethal Means Safety (LMS) Outreach Materials

Tab H: Army Baseline Interview Introduction and Verbal Consent

IRB Approved at the Study Level

Dec 18, 2023

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Hello. My name is [NAME]. and I will be leading today’s interview. My colleague, [NAME], is also here to take notes and help the interview run smoothly.

I want to thank you for joining us today and for taking the time out of your busy schedule. Before we get started, I just want to tell you a little bit about ourselves. We work for CNA (the Center for Naval Analyses), in Arlington, VA. CNA is an independent, civilian-run, federally- funded research and development center. We have partnered with the Army Resilience Directorate (ARD) in a project funded by the Defense Suicide Prevention Office (DSPO) to evaluate Army’s recently published Lethal Means Safety (LMS) Toolkit with Army professionals like yourself. Our plan is to talk with key personnel like you now and again in about a year to understand how the Toolkit and other LMS efforts have been implemented over time. However, talking to us today does not obligate you to talk with us again for the follow up interview.

Our main purpose today is to learn more about the Army’s LMS Toolkit, and the intention of this interview to learn from you how the Army can improve the Toolkit and its general LMS efforts.

This interview will not be recorded except for the notes that we take, and the information discussed today will be summarized with information collected during our other key Army personnel interviews. You will not be identified individually in any report or briefings. However, we strongly ask that you do not provide any information specific to any individuals or specific cases, including any personally identifiable information, protected health information, protected law enforcement information, or any other privileged information during this interview.

Before we get started, do you have any questions about CNA or this study?

[If yes, the interview facilitator will answer all questions until the interview participant is fully informed.]