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researcher. An interview guide will be included as an attachment to the informed consent statement

and participant form. The researcher may ask questions that are not included on the interview guide

to probe your answers, based on your response to the initial set of questions.

Statement of Informed Consent and Participant Rights
The following statement of informed consent statement and participant rights is provided

for your review and consideration as a potential interview participant. Please read the statements

below and complete the attached form to indicate your interest and willingness to participant in

this research project.

I understand there is minimal risk to sharing confidential information.

The risk is further minimized by:

• Confidentiality and nondisclosure of my name in transcribed interview notes, draft report,

final and published reports;

• Prompt review of the transcript as requested by the interviewee, checking for accuracy, and

statements that are incorrectly expressed;

• Confidential handling of interview notes and transcript by the researcher; and

• Destruction of all transcribed interview notes at the completion of the project by the

researcher.

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