WELLNESS AT WORK (Coroner and Medical Examiner Offices and Forensic Professionals -- AAFS)

You are invited to participate in a web-based survey on mental health in coroner and medical examiner offices. This survey will ask you questions about your stress levels and basics of your day-to-day work. It will be used to better understand the stress involved with working in a medical examiner or coroner office. 

Your participation in this is survey is voluntary. You may refuse to take part or exit the survey at any time without penalty. You are free to decline to answer any particular question you do not wish to answer for any reason.

BENEFITS
Your responses will help us learn more about the current status of and satisfaction with occupational wellness in forensics, as well as the general mental health of medical examiner and coroner offices.

RISKS
There are no foreseeable risks involved in participating in this study.

CONFIDENTIALITY
Your survey answers will be sent to a link at SurveyMonkey.com where data will be stored in a password protected electronic format. Survey Monkey does not collect identifying information such as your name, email address, or IP address, nor will the survey ask you to identify yourself. Therefore, your responses will remain anonymous. No one will be able to identify you or your answers, and no one will know whether or not you participated in the study.

CONTACT
If you have questions at any time about the study or the procedures, you may contact the Principal Investigators, Helen Alesbury (New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner) and Justin Goldstein (Texas State) at aafsmentalhealthstudy@gmail.com. 

CONSENT
By clicking OK and then NEXT and beginning this survey you are indicating that you have read the above information, are voluntarily agreeing to participate, and are over the age of 18. If you choose to not participate you may exit out of this survey.