[Viva] Fwd: Project PEER: Invitation to Participate

Sun Oct 27 23:10:12 PDT 2019

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smile.....sending love....I emailed and asked for more info to viva.....luv
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On Sun, Oct 27, 2019, 11:01 PM Margarite Sanchez, <
margaritesanchez at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi folks, I've been asked to send this along.
> I don't have any background info but it looks legit.
> Margarite
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Adam McGee <Adam.McGee at unityhealth.to>
> Date: Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 3:02 PM
> Subject: Project PEER: Invitation to Participate
> To: margaritesanchez at gmail.com <margaritesanchez at gmail.com>
>
>
>
> Dear Ms. Sanchez,
>
> My name is Greg Harris and I am a Professor in the Faculty of Education at
> Memorial University of Newfoundland working with a national committee which
> includes people living with HIV and representatives of AIDS Service
> Organizations (ASOs). I am writing in collaboration with Dr. Alan Li, an
> HIV primary care physician at the Regent Park Community Health Centre and
> Research Chair at the Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment, as well as
> the co-chairs of our research team, James Watson and Andre Ceranto. James
> is the Coordinator of Community-Based Research and Peer Initiatives at the
> Centre for Urban Health Solutions at St. Michael’s Hospital and producer of
> the University Without Walls’ pozcast
> <http://www.universitieswithoutwalls.ca/category/pozcast/>.  Andre is the
> Peer Program Manager at Casey House, Canada’s first and only stand-alone
> hospital for people with HIV/AIDS.
>
> We are conducting a community-based research project called *Project PEER
> (People living with HIV Engaged in Employment Roles): Uncovering the Impact
> of GIPA/MEPA and the Wise Practices of Informal and Formal Supports*. The
> purpose of the study is to better understand existing formal and informal
> support systems for PEERs.We are contacting you to request your assistance
> in helping us to reach people living with HIV working in your organization
> as potential participants for this project.
>
> We are hoping you will consider asking your administrative assistant to
> forward the invitation below to all employees of your organization. This
> includes those in full-time, part-time and honorarium-based work. We are
> asking that your administrative assistant do this so as to help ensure no
> employees at your ASO feel any undue pressure to complete the survey. We
> are also asking that this invitation be sent to all employees so as to
> reduce any risk of being able to identify which employee(s) actually
> completed the survey. Please note that a separate email will be sent to you
> shortly inviting you to participate as Executive Director. The deadline for
> responding to the surveys is *November 11, 2019*
>
> Thank you for considering this request. If you have any questions about
> this, please feel free to let me know.
>
>
> On behalf of the Research Team*,*
>
>
> *Principal Investigators:*
> Dr. Gregory Harris (Memorial University) - James Watson (St. Michael’s
> Hospital) - Andre Ceranto (Casey House) - Dr. Alan Li (Regent Park
> Community Health Centre) – Terry Howard (Glasshouse Consulting)
> *Co- Investigators:*
> Dr. Francisco Ibanez-Carrasco (St. Michael’s Hospital) – Dr. Jacqueline
> Gahagan (Dalhousie University) - Marvelous Muchenje (Women’s Health in
> Women’s Hands CHC)
> *Collaborators:*
> Lori Chambers Ph.D - Ana Sophia Demetrakopoulos (Gaiacraxia Consulting) -
> Doris Peltier (Canadian Aboriginal Aids Network)
>
> Christopher Cumby Ph.D Student (Memorial University) - Adam McGee Project
> PEER Coordinator (Memorial University)
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> Dear Community Member,
>
>
> My name is Greg Harris and I am a Professor in the Faculty of Education at
> Memorial University of Newfoundland working with a national committee which
> includes people living with HIV and representatives of AIDS Service
> Organizations (ASOs). I am writing in collaboration with Dr. Alan Li, an
> HIV primary care physician at the Regent Park Community Health Centre and
> Research Chair at the Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment, as well as
> the co-chairs of our research team, James Watson and Andre Ceranto. James
> is the Coordinator of Community-Based Research and Peer Initiatives at the
> Centre for Urban Health Solutions at St. Michael’s Hospital and as host and
> producer of the University Without Walls’ pozcast
> <http://www.universitieswithoutwalls.ca/category/pozcast/>.  Andre is the
> Peer Program Manager at Casey House, Canada’s first and only stand-alone
> hospital for people with HIV/AIDS.
>
>
> We are conducting a community-based research project called *Project
> PEER: Uncovering the Impact of GIPA/MEPA and the Wise Practices of Informal
> and Formal Supports*. The purpose of the study is to investigate existing
> formal and informal support systems for PEERs. We use the term “PEERs to
> refer to “*P*eople living with HIV *E*ngaged in *E*mployment *R*oles” in
> the HIV sector.
>
>
> We are contacting you to invite you to participate in an online survey in
> which you will be asked to identify your role in the organization, as well
> as identify the incorporation of GIPA/MEPA principles, engagement of people
> living with HIV, and services/support available at your organization.
> Participation will require approximately 20-30 minutes of your time.
> Importantly, we have asked the executive director of your organization to
> have their administrative assistant send this e-mail request to all
> employees of your organization. We have done this in order to help ensure
> you do not feel any undue pressure to participate and also to help ensure
> that it is unclear who actually chooses to participate in this study so as
> to help ensure your anonymity.  We further recommend that if you choose to
> participate in this project that you complete the survey on your personal
> computer in order to protect your privacy. Participation in this study is
> completely voluntary and not a requirement of your agency.
>
>
> To participate in this survey, you must be a person living with HIV
> currently engaged in an employment role in a Canadian HIV/AIDS Service
> Organization and/or Allied Support Organization.  For the purposes of this
> study, we define *employment role* as any paid role within an
> organization (e.g. administrative, management, service provision,
> research). This includes full-time, part-time and honorarium-based work.
>
>
> As a small token of appreciation, you can enter yourself into a draw where
> you could win 1 of 10 $100 electronic gift cards. The winners will receive
> their gift card via the e-mail address that they submit for the draw. You
> will be given the opportunity to enter the draw on the exit page when you
> end or submit the survey. If you choose to, you can create an e-mail
> address through Google that contains no personally identifying information.
>
>
> The survey is offered in both English and French, so participants must
> have basic comprehension skills in either language to participate in the
> survey. Participants must also be at least 19 years of age to participate.
>
>
> Your information will be completely anonymous as everyone within your
> organization is being asked to participate. There will be no way for us,
> your employer, or anyone else within your organization to identify who has
> chosen to participate or not. You can choose to withdraw from the study at
> any point without penalty.
>
>
> If you would like to participate, please click on the link below. This
> link will take you to the informed consent form and then to the survey.
> Neither your name nor your email address can be linked to your responses,
> and the name of your organization will (if you choose to provide it) be
> collected in a completely different survey so cannot be linked to your
> previous responses.
>
>
> https://mun.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1LJwDvOQuLtuxV3 – *In English*
> https://mun.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1LJwDvOQuLtuxV3?Q_Language=fr – *En
> français*
>
>
> Please respond by *November 11, 2019*. If you have any questions about
> this project, please contact me by email at gharris at mun.ca, or by phone
> at 709-864-6925. You can also contact the Project Coordinator Adam McGee at
> Adam.McGee at unityhealth.to or (416) 864-6060 ext. 49311.  Thank-you in
> advance for considering this request.
>
>
> On behalf of the Research Team,
>
>
> *Principal Investigators:*
> Dr. Gregory Harris (Memorial University) - James Watson (St. Michael’s
> Hospital) - Andre Ceranto (Casey House) - Dr. Alan Li (Regent Park
> Community Health Centre) – Terry Howard (Glasshouse Consulting)
> *Co- Investigators:*
> Dr. Francisco Ibanez-Carrasco (St. Michael’s Hospital) – Dr. Jacqueline
> Gahagan (Dalhousie University) - Marvelous Muchenje (Women’s Health in
> Women’s Hands CHC)
> *Collaborators:*
> Lori Chambers Ph.D - Ana Sophia Demetrakopoulos (Gaiacraxia Consulting) -
> Doris Peltier (Canadian Aboriginal Aids Network)
>
> Christopher Cumby Ph.D Student (Memorial University) - Adam McGee Project
> PEER Coordinator (Memorial University)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *The proposal for this research has been reviewed by the Interdisciplinary
> Committee on Ethics in Human Research and found to be in compliance with
> Memorial University’s ethics policy. If you have ethical concerns about the
> research, such as your rights as a participant, you may contact the
> Chairperson of the ICEHR at **icehr.chair at mun.ca* <icehr.chair at mun.ca>*
> or by telephone at 709-864-2861.*
>
>
> *Adam McGee*
>
> *Project PEER, National Coordinator *
>
> *Memorial University / MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions*
>
> *St Michael's Hospital*
>
> *193 Young Street, 6th floor*
> *Toronto *
>
> *Email - Adam.McGee at unityhealth.to <mcgeea at smh.ca> *
> *Tel - (416) 864-6060 ext. 49311*
>
>
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