[UW-GIS-L] I'm looking for subjects for study on physical activity and built environment

[Phil Hurvitz]

If you are faculty, student, or staff at the University of Washington, 
please read on.

I'm writing to you today to ask for your assistance with my doctoral 
research project.  Our research team is looking for about 15 additional 
  UW students, faculty or staff members to participate in a 
cutting-edge, UW-Royalty Research Fund-funded study on real-time 
objective measures of physical activity and built environment. 
Recruitment and data collection will occur over the next few weeks.

We are looking for subjects who would be willing to wear a 
cell-phone-sized device on the belt during normal waking hours for a 
one-week period. This device measures and records a number of 
environmental variables that can be processed into broad types of 
activity (e.g., walking, running, sitting, cycling), and includes a GPS 
receiver for measuring location. In addition to this device, subjects 
will carry a Windows Mobile cell phone that will ring periodically as a 
prompt for filling out a short survey (administered on the phone) asking 
questions about current activity and location.  We will also be 
collecting basic demographic information, measuring height and weight, 
and recording home and work address at the time of enrollment.  Subjects 
will be compensated $50 for their participation.

If you are interested in participating, or for more information, please 
visit the project web site:

   http://gis.washington.edu/phurvitz/msb/

There is an eligibility form linked on the web site if you are 
interested in participating.

-P.

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   Phil Hurvitz, MFR | PhD Student, Urban Planning | Gould 317
     College of Architecture and Urban Planning | Box 355740
  University of Washington, Seattle, Washington  98195-5740, USA
  phurvitz at u.washington.edu | http://gis.washington.edu/phurvitz
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