Issues of Privacy

Participation in the study is completely voluntary, anonymous and confidential (unless respondents explicitly instruct us in writing that their names should be retained in research reports).  Information related to the identity of participants will not be released without consent of the respondents unless required by law. All documents with the information of respondents will be identified only by a code number and will be kept in a locked filing cabinet in a locked office. All electronic documents with the information of respondents will be secured with a password and accessible to only those on the research team. The information shared in this interview will be used in reports. Respondents however will not be identified by name. The researchers will use several mechanisms to ensure that it is highly unlikely that others will be able to identify the respondents or any organization the respondents are part of in the reporting of study results.