We serve the Iraqi/Arab community through community-based research that lead to programs and intervention tailored specifically to meet our community needs in Washington.

About the Project

You are being asked to participate in this research study because you self-identify as Arab American (here we identify this as identifying as Arab currently reside in the United States), Arab, or Iraqi, and you are between 18 and 25 years old. We are conducting this study to better understand the unique physical and mental health needs of Arab Americans youth and young adults in the Seattle metro area. The information that you provide us in this study will be used to make recommendations to the Iraqi Arab Health Board of Washington for the development of a youth-focused community program and be anonymously published in scholarly journals.

What will I be asked to do? How does it benefit me? Are there risks?

You will complete a questionnaire online and it must be taken start to finish once it is started (you cannot open and finish later). We expect it to take no longer than 15 minutes to complete. We hope to better understand the health needs of Arab American youth in Seattle. We hope to use what we learn from this study to help other Arab Americans by partnering with the Iraqi Arab Health Board of Washington. We do not expect there to be any risk to you as a participant in our study. You are not obligated to answer any question asked in this study that might make you feel uncomfortable.

 Will I be paid for being in this study?

There is no payment for participation in this study.

 How will my information be protected?

Except as indicated below, the information that you provide in the questionnaire are completely confidential, will be saved in password-protected computers and on a secure server, and no identifiable information will be disclosed to anyone outside of this project. Identifiable information such as your email or phone number will only be stored in a protected file unlinked to your questionnaire responses if you designate that you want to be contacted for future research opportunities. To protect your information, all responses to the questionnaire will be made only accessible to members of the research team and will be saved under a randomized participant identifier. All data that are published will appear without your name, email address or any other information that would directly identify you.

This study will be overseen by The University of Washingtons’ Institutional Review Board (IRB). The University of Washington’s IRB is made up of faculty members and community representatives and is dedicated to protecting the rights and welfare of people who take part in research at The University of Washington. The goal of the University of Washington IRB is to ensure the safe and ethical treatment of research participants. If you feel like your rights as a research subject have been violated or if you have any questions about this study, please contact The University of Washingtons IRB at 206.543.0098 or email [email protected]. While rare, state or federal laws or court orders may also require that information from research study records be released. Otherwise, the researcher will not release to others any information that could indicate your identity unless you give your permission, or unless they become legally required to do so.

By clicking “CONTINUE” at the bottom of this page, you will be directed to the survey.