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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Below you will find information and a link to a study being conducted by Columbia Universty’s Teacher’s College, targeting African American
women with a child between ages of 8 and 14, related to a new website: “MyPlate Project for Moms and Children”. Once there have been 200 responses, the study will close. We have been asked to send to child care programs to give you the opportunity to share
this information with your staff or parents that fit that criteria.<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Have a nice weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";background:#FFFF66">Enjoy a chance to win a $300, $200, or $100 bar-coded gift certificate for use on </span></strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";background:#FFFF66">www.Amazon.com</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#222222">IF YOU ARE AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN WITH A CHILD BETWEEN 8 TO 14 YEARS OLD,</span><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#222222">YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE A SURVEY.</span><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:7.5pt"> IRB PROTOCOL NUMBER 13-104</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#222222">1.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#222222">The Research Group on Disparities in Health within the Department of Health and
Behavior Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University, in New York, New York is studying the impact of The MyPlate Project for Moms and Children, a new website with cartoon-like videos</span><span style="color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#222222">and
online activities that will allow you to learn about First Lady Michelle Obama’s work introducing MY PLATE (replacing the old Food Pyramid) to promote healthy eating and increase physical activity to combat the nation’s obesity epidemic. </span><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#222222">2.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#222222">You are being asked to fill out a survey to help us learn “what works” to
inspire healthy eating and physical activity behaviors in moms and children.</span><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">3.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#222222">Participation in this survey is limited to the first 200 women who successfully complete it. It takes about
45 minutes to complete the entire study--including spending part of that time watching cartoon videos with your child; you also help your child to rate the videos after watching them.</span><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#222222">4.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#222222">After 200 people complete the survey, the computer program will automatically
close the survey and send out bar–coded gift certificates for use at </span><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#222222"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">www.Amazon.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#222222"> to
three randomly chosen e-mail accounts ($300, $200 or $100) <u>without in any way linking your identity to the survey results</u>.</span><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">5.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Please go to</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif""><a href="https://tccolumbia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3OiMTYjYg6NsV6Z" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC">MomAndChildPlates</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> view
the informed consent, learn about your rights as a participant and proceed to the survey, and watch videos with your child for 18 minutes.</span><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#222222">6.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#222222">We invite you to text message and e-mail other women you know to</span><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">“Go to</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif""><a href="https://tccolumbia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3OiMTYjYg6NsV6Z" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC">MomAndChildPlates</span></a> </span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">and
take the survey, in order to have a 3 in 200 chance of winning either a $300, $200, or $100 bar-coded gift certificate for use on </span></b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.amazon.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">www.Amazon.com</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">.
THANK YOU!”</span></b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#222222">THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!</span></b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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