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Bikeability Survey

Bikeability Survey

MULTILEVEL CORRELATES OF BICYCLING FOR RECREATION AND TRANSPORTATION IN THE US SOUTH: REDEFINING BIKEABILITY

HSC-SPH-16-0489

INVITATION TO TAKE PART
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You are invited to take part in a research study called, Multilevel correlates of bicycling for recreation and transportation in the US South: Redefining Bikeability, conducted by Dr. Deborah Salvo, of the University of Texas Health Science Center. For this research study, she will be called the Principal Investigator or PI.

Your decision to take part is voluntary. You may refuse to take part or choose to stop being a part of the study at any time. A decision not to take part or to stop being a part of the research study will not change the services available to you from the University.

You may refuse to answer any questions asked or written on any forms. This research study has been reviewed by the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects (CPHS) of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston as HSC-SPH-16-0489.

PURPOSE

The purpose of this research study is to gather and report information about bicycling for recreation and transportation, and to examine what built environment (city design and infrastructure) factors may be related to bicycling where you live.

You have been invited to join this research study because you have ridden a bicycle at least once in the past 12 months.

This is a city-wide study, conducted in Travis County, Texas and Jefferson County, Alabama. The study will enroll a total of 1,150 people over the age of 18, 575 people per city.

PROCEDURES

If you agree and are able to take part in this study you will be asked to answer survey questions about yourself, and your perceptions of bicycling in the city where you live.

TIME COMMITMENT

The total amount of time you will spend to take part in this research study by completing the survey is 20-30 minutes.

BENEFITS

You may or may not receive any benefit for taking part in this study. However, your participation in this study will increase the scientific understanding of what individual and environmental factors influence bicycling for recreation and transportation.

RISKS AND/OR DISCOMFORTS

There are no known risks. You can stop taking part at any time or not answer a question at any time. Information gathered from surveys will not affect your employment or services received from the University of Texas in any way.

ALTERNATIVES

The only alternative is not to take part in this study.

STUDY WITHDRAWAL

Your decision to take part is voluntary. You may decide to stop taking part in the study at any time. A decision not to take part or to stop being a part of the research study will not change the services available to you from the research center.

COSTS, REIMBURSEMENT AND COMPENSATION

If you decide to take part in this research study, you will not incur any additional costs. You may be paid for taking part in this research study. A drawing will be conducted to give out 120 $20 gift cards, 60 per county, to a random sample of participants. You will be responsible for any taxes assessed on the compensation.

CONFIDENTIALITY

You will not be personally identified in any reports or publications that may result from this study. Any personal information about you that is gathered during this study will remain confidential to every extent of the law. A special number (code) will be used to identify you in the study and only the investigators will know your identifying information. Electronic information will be stored according to the National Institutes of Health policy.

QUESTIONS

If you have questions at any time about this research study, please feel free to contact the PI, Dr. Deborah Salvo at (512) 391-2514 and she will be glad to answer your questions. You may also contact Anna Porter at (512) 482-6187 or by email at anna.k.porter /at/ uth.tmc.edu.

CPHS STATEMENT: This study HSC-SPH-16-0489 has been reviewed by the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects (CPHS) of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. For any questions about research subject's rights, or to report a research-related injury, call the CPHS at (713) 500-7943.


Thanks for pushing this out, Jack.

https://redcap.uth.tmc.edu/surveys/inde … JM8EHA43DJ

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