NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY

Institutional Review Board

Flyer Template and Policy on Advertisements and Flyers

A template to design your flyer is on page two. Please review the policy below before designing your flyer or any other advertisement, including recruitment letters/email.

The Institutional Review Board (IRB) recognizes that advertising for people to join studies is an important way to obtain research volunteers. Federal regulations give the IRB chair/designee responsibility to review and approve advertising materials before their use. It is IRB policy that researchers submit the drafts of their ads, posters, flyers, TV/radio clips, and/or Internet ads to the IRB for approval prior to their use.

When preparing materials for advertising, an important distinction must be made between “permissible information” and “coercive inducement.” If an incentive is offered, it needs to be of a nature that it doesn’t strongly entice the person, limiting his voluntary choice.

Special consideration needs to be given if the target population includes vulnerable persons (e.g., minors, the critically ill, students, prisoners).

To assist in development of advertisements for research participants, a list of “Do’s” and Don’ts” follows. As always, you may contact the Office of Research Compliance and Ethics at 336-285-2961 or [email protected] for further assistance.

Do: Don’t:

Keep the A&T logo and the gray stamp Use inappropriate clip art. validation box in the header of the flyer. Leave the words “research study” off of the Use the words “research study.” recruitment solicitation. Make overly enticing claims (e. g., intervention Briefly state the purpose of the study. is “safe,” “effective,” etc.) for purpose of study. List any age restrictions and other criteria for State that anyone is welcome to join. participation. Note any major known benefits and any major Emphasize benefits and de-emphasize risks or known risks. (This is not required if there are imply a certainty of a favorable outcome as a none.) result of participation. Overemphasize compensation (such as Refer to compensation, not payment. underline, boldface, a large font, or exclamation points) or make exaggerated claims. Use enticement terms such as fat or balding (in Include time commitment expected. If you regard to the subjects); New, exciting, or have a specific date and location for the cutting edge (in regard to “treatment” being study, include that. studied). Give name of the principal investigator. If PI is Give a general phone number. a student, also give faculty sponsor name. Provide the name and contact information of Have a representative without preparation take the study person who should be called. calls. IRB Validation Stamp Area NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL Do not remove. AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY Instructions: The A&T logo and the gray stamp box in the header must appear on your flyer. The example below is for illustration purposes only. You may design your flyer however you wish, so long as it contains the mandatory elements as stated in the guidelines above. This text box can be deleted to reveal a clean template to work from. VolunteersVolunteers NeededNeeded forfor ResearchResearch StudyStudy

We need participants for a research study: “Do College Students Prefer Android or Apple iOS Smart Phones?”

Description of Project: We are researching college students’ perceptions of smart phones. Your participation will take about two hours. We will ask you to take a paper survey and participate in a focus group on the A&T campus. To participate: You must be currently enrolled at NC A&T, be at least 18 years old, and be able to use a smart phone. Participants will be entered to win a $50 Best Buy gift card. To learn more, contact the principle investigator of the study, Lois Griffin, at 336-555-0123 or [email protected].

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