Confidentiality

This interview is confidential. Part or full quotes may be used but all identifying information will be removed from the transcribed interview. The audio recording will be destroyed after it has been transcribed. Any identifying information you provide to us will be kept confidential and will not be divulged to people other than the PASH research study team, except as required by law.

Complaints

If you have any complaints or queries that the researcher has not been able to answer to your satisfaction, you may contact either:

Ethics Secretariat, The University of New South Wales Sydney 2052 Australia phone:+61 2 9385 4234 fax: +61 2 9385 6648 e-mail: ethics.sec@unsw.edu.au

The Secretary, Human Ethics Committee, Research and Graduate Studies Office, La Trobe University Victoria 3086 Australia phone: +61 3 9479 1443 e-mail: humanethics@latrobe.edu.au web: www.latrobe.edu.au

Feedback

Feedback will be provided through the media, through public meetings and seminars (advertised in the gay and other press), and through reports and publications prepared by the study team.

Your consent

Your decision whether or not to participate will not prejudice your future relations with The University of New South Wales, The University of Western Sydney or any state-based AIDS service organisations. If you decide to participate, you are free to withdraw your consent and to discontinue participation at any time without prejudice.

Inquiries

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask us. If you have any additional questions later, please direct any inquiries to:

Dr. Pol McCann
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research
The University of New South Wales
phone: 1800 445 569
e-mail: pmccann@nchecr.unsw.edu.au