Recruiting Participants for South Asian Focus Groups in Chicago

A Ph.D candidate at the University of California, Berkeley is conducting a study for his dissertation on understanding the knowledge and use of certain products (bidi's, paan, paan masala, guthka, zarda) by members of the South Asian community in Chicago. The research protocol has beeen approved by the institution's Internal Review Board (committee for protection of human subject's). This study is funded by the National Cancer Institute via a sub-award from the University of California, Davis Cancer Center.

The focus groups (approximately eight individuals in each group) will be held between July 25, 2009 and August 1, 2009, at either the Devon Bank or at the Indo-American Center in Chicago. Participants who meet the criteria for the study will be paid $30 for their time (approximately 1.5 hours). In addition, light refreshments (e.g. chaat) will be served at the focus groups.

Friends, family and/or colleagues that are interested, please contact:
Arnab Mukherjea, MPH
Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) Candidate
School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley
Phone: 510.397.0827
Email: amukherjea@cal.berkeley.edu