I often write about the findings of research studies of interest to women in mid-life. However, I’ve recently learned about an opportunity to actually participate in one and I’m passing this information to you so you can sign up too.
It’s an internet study that is being funded by the NIH to explore ethnic differences in midlife women’s attitudes towards physical activity. The goal is to “reduce health disparities in physical activity programs that serve ethnic minority women through the internet.”
The researchers at the University of Texas at Austin are seeking a total of 500 participants, 125 for each ethnic category (White, Hispanic, Black, Asian). To participate, visit their website to learn more and see if you qualify. If you are eligible, you’ll receive a gift certificate of $10 per internet survey and an additional gift certificate of $50 for participating in an online forum for six months.
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Hello everyone,
My name is Chelsea McPeek and I am a Research Assistant for the eMAPA (Ethnic specific Midlife women’s Attitudes towards Physical Activity) Research Study that Wendy mentioned in her above blog post.
I just wanted to make an additional comment to Wendy’s post – we have recently filled all of the online forums so we are now only recruiting participants to fill out a 30 minute internet survey (the link to the survey can be found on our project website). We have also filled our quota for Caucasian participants, so at this time we are only recruiting Hispanic, Asian and African American women. If you have any questions about our study, please feel free to contact me!
Sincerely,
Chelsea McPeek, Research Assistant
School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin
cgmcpeek@mail.utexas.edu
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