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Participant’s initials: __________
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Informed Consent for Participation of a MINOR in a Research Study
Principal%Investigator(s):%
%Study%Title:%
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1. The%following%information%is%provided%to%inform%you%about%the%research%project/study%and%your%child’s%participation%in%it.%%Please
read%this%form%carefu lly, %ask%any%questions%you%or%your%child%may%have%about%this%study%and%the%information%given%below,%and%be
sure%you%receive%answers%to%your%questions%before%signing%this%consent%form%(a%copy%of%which%will%be%given%to%you).
2.
Purpose of this study:
The purpose of the study is
Your%child%are%being%asked%to%participate%in%a%research%study%because%
3.
The approximate duration of your child’s participation in the study:
4.
Procedures to be followed for this study:
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Participant’s initials: __________
5.
Experimental procedure(s) involved in the study (if any):
6.
Description of the discomforts, inconveniences, and/or risks that can be reasonably expected as a result of your child’s
participation in this study:
7.
Good effects or benefits that might result from this study:
a. The%benefits%to%science%and%humankind%that%might%result%from%this%study:
b. The%benefits%your%child%might%get%from%being%in%this%study%(including%compensation,%if%any):
8.
Alternative procedures or courses of treatments, if any, that might be available:
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research%record%con fid en tial.%%Yo ur%ch ild’s%info rm a tion %m ay %be%sh are d%w ith %the%S am fo rd %Un iversity%In stitutio n al%Re view %Bo a rd%or
the%Office%for%Human%Research%Protections%(Federal%Government).%%Your%child’s%information%will%only%be%used%for%monitoring
purposes.%
IRB approval number:
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Participant’s initials: __________
10.
In case of study-related injury:((%If%this%study%involves%more%than%minimal%risk%to%your%child,%the%following%compensation%and/or
medical%treatments%are%available%if%injury%occurs:
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Contact information: %%If%you%or%your%child%have%any%questions%about%this%research%study,%your%rights,%or%if%your%child%experiences
a% study related%injury,%please%contact:
at%(
or if principal researcher is a student,%Faculty%Advisor%for%this%study:
at% %%%
If%you%have%additional%questions%or%concerns%that%are%not%answered%by%the%above%person(s),%feel%free%to%contact the%Samford%
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Dr. Brad Bennett
205-726-4523
bbennet1@samford.edu%
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available%that%may%affect%the%risks%or%benefits%associated%with%this%research%study%or%your%willingness%for%your%child%to%participate
in%it,%you%will %b e%n o tif ied %s o %th a t%yo u %and %your%child%can%make%an%inform e d %d ec isio n %whether%o r%n o t%to %c o n tin u e %p a rticipation%in
this%study.
Circumstances under which the Principal Investigator may withdraw you from study participation:
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