Parents needed for brief online survey. Earn a $5.00 Amazon.ca gift card

[SchoolFluShotsStudy]

A team of researchers would like to find out what parents in Ontario think about the advantages and disadvantages of adding yearly influenza immunization (flu shots) to the immunizations that children get at school.

We want to hear about parents’ experiences, opinions, or stories. Study results will help us develop recommendations to public health agencies, school boards and the provincial government.

Currently we are asking parents to complete a 10-minute online screening survey to determine their eligibility to participate in a group discussion (focus group) that will take place at a later date.

We would like to talk with Ontario parents who:

• have at least one child currently enrolled in elementary, junior high, or high school;
• are most or jointly responsible for making health decisions for the children; and
• are able to speak or write in English

If you are eligible and complete the screening survey, you will receive a $5 Amazon.ca gift card.

To learn more about the study, and to access the online survey, click here: www.schoolflushots.ca


This study has been approved by the University of Toronto’s Health Sciences Research Ethics Board and the Bruyère Continuing Care Research Ethics Board (Ottawa). This study is sponsored by Public Health Ontario and the Public Health Agency of Canada/Canadian Institutes of Health Research Influenza Research Network.

[SchoolFluShotsStudy]

Thank you for your interest in the study. Please be advised that due to a number of suspected fraudulent survey entries, there has been a delay in distributing the gift cards. We are in the process of resolving this issue and are hoping to have all gift cards distributed within the next 2 - 3 weeks. We apologize for the delay.

Thank you for your patience.

The School Flu Shots Study Team