From: Erica Clark <eclark@huroncounty.ca>
Date: August 14, 2017 at 3:52:44 PM EDT


You can publish/circulate the following summary:
 
Status of the Huron County Health Unit wind turbine study
 
The wind turbine study is currently undergoing ethics review.  Due to the sensitive nature of the information we intend to collect, ethics clearance is important to ensure the recruitment and data collection methods are ethical.  We partnered with researchers from the University of Waterloo to do the study and submitted an application to the University of Waterloo Human Research and Ethics Committee.  The application was submitted on March 2, 2017 and reviewed at the March 23, 2017 meeting.  On April 5, 2017 we received a letter from the University of Waterloo Human Research Ethics Committee listing revisions and additional information required to receive ethics clearance.  We sent a response back to the University of Waterloo Human Research Ethics Committee on May 18, 2017 detailing the changes we had made.  The University of Waterloo Human Research Ethics Committee met in June and sent us a second letter on June 27, 2017 outlining additional revisions and requests for clarification.  We sent a second response back to the University of Waterloo Human Research Ethics Committee on August 9, 2017.  We are now waiting for a response.
 
We understand that it is a long process to get ethics clearance but it is a critical step to ensure that the recruitment and data collection methods are ethical.
 
Thanks
Erica
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Erica Clark, PhD
Epidemiologist, APHEO Secretary
Huron County Health Unit
77722B London Rd., RR #5
Clinton, ON N0M 1L0
519.482.3416 ext. 2022
Toll-free 1.877.837.6143
www.huronhealthunit.ca
eclark@huroncounty.ca