MyPaTH Story Booth: Health Impacts of Extreme Weather Events

STUDY BASICS

Have you or a loved experienced a flood, hurricane, or wildfire and are dealing with resultant health issues? Has your physical or mental health been impacted due to heat waves, snowstorms, or other extreme weather events? Patients and caregivers are needed to participate in a research study to help learn more about topics that are important to you and that may improve health and health care.

STUDY PURPOSE

Understanding the experiences of patients, caregivers, and research participants is important as researchers work to develop new topics to study. It is important to understand the impact of extreme weather events on patients’ health, access to health care and overall wellbeing. The purpose of this study is to create an archive of patient, caregiver, and research participant stories that researchers can use to better understand people’s experiences with health, illness, coping, and the healthcare system. Researchers hope their findings will lead to the development of research studies that address the effects of extreme weather events.

COULD THIS STUDY BE RIGHT FOR YOU?

Eligible participants:

• Are age 18 and up
• Are able to read and understand English

WHAT PARTICIPANTS CAN EXPECT

Participation involves one 45-minute session that takes place over the phone. Participants will have a pre-interview survey, a 20-minute audio-recorded interview, and a post-interview survey.