From: "chiachunli@mail.utexas.edu" <chiachunli@mail.utexas.edu>
To: taa_dfw@yahoo.com
Sent:
Subject: Hi, could you help me announce this information?
Hi, Dear Sir:
您好，近來好嗎?
先祝您 新年快樂
我是從台灣來美國就讀博士班的學生(李佳純)，目前在UT-Austin就讀，擔任教授(Dr.
Eun-Ok Im)的研究助理。
有件事需要您幫忙，我們現在正進行一個研究是有關於不同族群的中年婦女停經症狀的網路調查。因為是不同族群，所以我們很需要亞洲婦女的經驗，尤其是低收入的中年婦女,期待更多亞周洲婦女的參與可使這研究能更具價值，且希望亞洲婦女在美的照護及不同經驗能被重視。
我們很期待您可以幫我們發佈這個消息給您組織中的婦女們，或是可以幫我們發佈此消息在您的網址上。假如您願意，可否幫忙公布此網址(http://moms.nur.utexas.edu/MOMS/)在您的網頁上，或是幫忙轉寄宣傳此研究。
每位參與問卷調查者可以得到10元美金的小禮(a
Target
gift certificate of 10 dollars
per Internet survey)，若參與網路討論者，可以得到50美元(a
Target gift certificate
of 50 dollars per online forum discussion (6 months).
假如需要宣傳費用，可否請您告知我們相關訊息。
在此附上有關此實驗的通告。假如您有任何問題，請寄e-mail給我，我會盡快給您回覆。
很感激您的幫忙及參與此研究的進行。
李佳純 (Chia-Chun
Li)
MOMS Research Team
Chia-Chun Li, Research Assistant
School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin
1700 Red River, Austin, TX 78701
e-mail: chiachunli@mail.utexas.edu
Background
MOMS is a NIH/NINR (1R01NR008926-01A1) funded study entitled "A
Multiethnic
Internet Study On Menopausal Symptoms"
Increasing ethnic diversity of the U.S. population requires health
professionals
to practice with greater cultural competence in areas such as the management of
menopausal symptoms, where cultural beliefs mediate the biology of reproduction
and aging. A growing number of studies have challenged the universality of
menopausal symptoms by indicating significant ethnic differences in how women
experience them. However, few investigators have studied ethnic populations in
the
computer technologies, the Internet now provides an excellent medium of
national and international communication and allows people in different
geographical areas to communicate and exchange their experiences and opinions.
This study uses innovative Internet data collection methods to collect national
data and essential information about specific ethnic differences in menopausal
symptom experience while respecting women's own experiences.
Study Announcement
Eun-Ok Im, MPH, PhD,
colleagues are conducting an Internet study on menopausal symptom experience
among diverse ethnic groups of middle-aged women. In the study, Internet
survey and online forums using a Web site (home-page)
(http://moms.nur.utexas.edu/MOMS/)
will be conducted to get information on
women’s symptom experience during the menopausal transition.
You are being asked to participate in this study if you are a middle aged woman
aged 40 to 60 years who can read and write English and who are a White,
Hispanic, African-American, or Asian Americans.
Data will be collected from
collection include an Internet survey among 500 middle aged women in the
the Internet and online forum discussions among four ethnically different
online
forum groups (30 members per group at the beginning).
Your involvement will be: (a) about 30 minutes are usually needed to complete
the Internet survey questionnaire; and (b) online forums will be conducted for
6 months (6 months for 7 discussion topics and additional topics that the
participants may add) if you agree to participate in the additional online
forum discussions. Your participation is asynchronous (participants can
visit
the online forum site and read and post messages at their convenience).
Reimbursement for participation will be made by providing a Target
gift
certificate of 10 dollars per Internet survey participant and a Target
gift
certificate of 50 dollars per online forum participant. To get reimbursed
for
the online forums, at least two messages per topic should be posted. For
more
information, please visit at our Web-site (http://moms.nur.utexas.edu/MOMS/)
and/or contact us.
Contact Information:
Chia-Chun Li, Graduate Research Assistant
School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin
1700
Red River, Austin, TX 78701
e-mail: chiachunli@mail.utexas.edu
Dr. Eun-Ok Im
Professor
School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin
1700
Red River, Austin, TX, 78701
Phone: (512)
475-6352
E-mail: eim@mail.nur.utexas.edu
Project Website: http://moms.nur.utexas.edu/MOMS/