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¿Qué es Add Health?
The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health also known as Add Health is a one-of-a-kind study. You may recall, you and your child(ren) were first interviewed for the Add Health Study in the 1994/1995 school year when they were in middle or high school. Add Health is the only nationally representative health study in the country that has followed its participants from adolescence to adulthood. Add Health is one of the key studies that provides important information about the nation’s health. Your continued participation will help researchers expand this valuable source of data across multiple generations and learn how life experiences and relationships influence the health and wellbeing of parents and their children over time.
You can call us toll-free at 877-475-7051 to check the legitimacy of the study or to find additional information. We can also share contact information for the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and their Institutional Review Board (IRB), which is responsible for regulating this research study and making sure it is ethical.
Please visit the Add Health Parent Study website for more information.
If you have any questions about your rights as a study participant, please contact RTI’s Office of Research Protections toll-free at 877-475-7051.
Contact
Using contact information on file, you were identified as the parent or parent figure of a child selected to take part in the first Add Health Study during the 1994/1995 school year. As long as we confirm we are speaking to the correct person, you do not need to remember the previous interview to take part in the current Add Health Parent Study.
Para actualizar su información de contacto, puede llamar al equipo de estudio de Add Health Parent al número gratuito 877-475-7051, o enviar un correo electrónico a AHPS@rti.org, o siga los pasos a continuación para utilizar el sitio web.
- Visite la pagina web del estudio 'Add Helth Parent Study'
- Seleccione la pestaña ‘Contáctenos' en el menú en la parte superior de la página.
- Scroll down on the ‘Contact Us’ page and press the ‘Contact Update Form’ button.
- Ingrese su información de contacto actualizada.
It is important that we update your contact information because you are an original Add Health parent, and we don’t want to lose touch with you. Unlike other studies, we cannot replace you with another parent if we lose track of you. We are asking all Add Health parents who were selected to participate in the current Parent Study to update their contact information so we can contact you when the study begins.
The Interview Process
It should take about 2 hours to complete the in-person interview, consisting of a survey, health and mental assessments, and DNA collection. Additionally, a Family Health History form (FHH) will be given to you after completing the in-person interview. You can fill out the FHH form at a time that is easy for you and return it to us using the prepaid return envelope.
We’ll ask about your relationships and obligations, your physical and emotional health, your family, health-related behaviors, memory and cognition, employment and retirement, and wealth and assets.
Como participante del estudio, su participación es voluntaria, sus respuestas se mantendrán confidenciales y puede negarse a responder cualquier pregunta con la que no se sienta cómodo.
About the Interview
Yes, you will receive compensation as a thank you for completing different parts of the study. We appreciate your contribution to this important research.
We are not able to share your results from the study. Research with your information is not expected to produce new information that would be meaningful to share with you personally. There are no plans to contact you again or other participants with specific information relating to your personal results or sample(s). Overall study findings or new information about risks and benefits of participation will be posted to the Add Health Parent Study website at Add Health Parent Study (unc.edu)
Sobre Nosotros
A field interviewer from the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International will be interviewing you. RTI assists the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with completing interviews for the Add Health Parent Study. RTI is an independent, non-profit institute that provides research, development, and technical services to government and commercial clients worldwide. The company is located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina and is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Add Health Parent Study is a collaborative effort between the University North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, and Columbia University. Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International has been contracted to complete the Parent Study interviews. This study is being funded by a research grant from the National Institute of Aging. For more information on the Parent Study team, you can visit the Add Health Parent Study website at Who We Are – Add Health Parent Study (unc.edu)
Participation
No, participation in every part of the Parent Study is your choice. Whether or not you choose to participate will have no negative impacts on you or your child. You can stop participating at any point during the study.
You should not participate in the study if you are currently incarcerated, if you are currently residing outside the United States, or if your child(ren) is not an Add health Study Participant.
Para comunicarse con nuestro equipo y actualizar su información de contacto, por favor utilice la página de Contáctenos .
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