Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 14:23:09 -0700 (PDT)
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To: pinhole@exploratorium.edu
From: karenm@exploratorium.edu (Karen A. Mendelow)
Subject: focus group request
Here is an opportunity if you are interested...
>Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 11:06:48 -0700
>To: karenm@exploratorium.edu
>From: Lewis Kraus <kraus@infouse.com>
>Subject: focus group request
>
>Dear Potential Focus Group Participant,
>
>Tobacco use among children and youth is a serious health problem.
>Unfortunately, the number of children who smoke is rising and youth are
>smoking at younger ages. InfoUse, under funding from the National Cancer
>Institute, is developing a CD-ROM to help children at the 5th and 6th
>grade level to prevent tobacco use.
>
>As a part of this project, InfoUse is setting up three types of focus
>groups of five people each: one made up of teachers and school
>representatives, one consisting of parents of 5th and 6th grade age
>children, and a third group made up of 5th and 6th grade students. Focus
>group participants will be asked to review 4 items over one year: draft
>plans for the program, final plans for the program, the scripts for the
>video, and a draft of the CD-ROM. Each of the four meetings will take
>about 2 hours.
>
>You are being invited to participate in one of the focus groups. You can
>choose to participate in a focus group by e-mailing back to us. Your name
>will not be released beyond the project. No statements made in focus
>groups will be attributed to you without prior clearance from you. You
>can choose not to participate in the focus group at any time.
>
>If you have any questions about the focus groups or would like to
>participate, please e-mail Stu Hanson, Focus Group Coordinator, at
>shanson@infouse.com.
>
>Thank you for your help.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Lewis E. Kraus
>Principal Investigator
>
>
Karen Mendelow
Program Manager/Educator
Exploratorium Teacher Institute
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
karenm@exploratorium.edu