For Your Information....I researched this person and have verified His reasons
for coming
to my website,The company compiling this information for his Masters
thesis.Psych
Data,appears to be very legit as well.I like you was skeptical at first as
well,But after
visiting the questionaire,and not having to use any private information,other
then
Childhood cancer history.as well as the site being screen name and password
protected,I
can say this is an up and up request for info, What follows is the request and
information,in taking part in this research data. Bill Heavens,Hope4Kids2org
To:Hope4Kids2@... Received: August 8th 2006
From: BENSONC1@...
Dear Webhost-
I was browsing the groups on google and noticed that you had some responses to
some
of the messages. My mother passed away from cancer as well, almost 10 years
ago. The
reason I am writing is because I am collecting information for my masters
thesis. I'm
focusing on parent's experiences when their child has been diagnosed with
cancer.
Perhaps focusing on mothers with cancer would have been too painful.
Anyway, I have copied and pasted the information on my study in this e-mail,
along with
the link where participants can go directly to psychdata. Once there, mothers
or fathers of
children with cancer will be asked a bunch of questions about their experiences.
I think
this is a good way to allow them to express their experiences, while
contributing to a
source of knowledge that may benefit other parents of children with cancer.
This study means a lot to me and I hope that you will find it useful, as well
as other
parents. Please pass it along to all the parents of children with cancer that
you know and
if you can, post it on your site.
I appreciate all that you've done to reach out to these families and I hope
that my study
can be a way to do so as well.

Thank you for your time and consideration,

Chai Benson

Internet-Based Research Study
Families of Children with Cancer

This research study will explore the experiences of a family who has a child
diagnosed
with cancer by examining a parentŐs perception of these experiences. Your
participation
in this study may help researchers learn more about how parentŐs of children
with cancer
use the internet, as well as a further understanding of the unique experiences
of a parent
during this time.

Researchers are looking for persons who meet all of the following criteria:

á Currently a mother or father of a child between the ages of 3 and 12 with a
cancer
diagnosis
á Child can be in remission or recurrence
á Are fluent in English


If you are interested in participating in this internet-based research project,
please click
on the link: https://www.psychdata.com/s.asp?SID=118915.

If you have questions or concerns before deciding to participate, please call
Chai Benson at
Purdue Calumet (219)989-2027, or email her at bensonc1@....
Although there is no compensation for completing this survey, your experiences
are
important and your participation is much appreciated.