Child Mind Institute

Child Mind Institute is a nonprofit children's mental health organization. This page is where participants in our research studies opt in to receive text messages from us.

Messages in this program come from

+1 (507) 431-7807

This number is published here for anyone to see, without agreeing to anything first.

Opt in to receive messages

The box above is not ticked for you, and nothing is sent unless you tick it. When you opt in we send one confirmation text. The conversation itself begins when you text +1 (507) 431-7807 yourself.

Text messages are optional

Consenting to receive text messages is not a condition of any purchase, of taking part in our research studies, of completing one, or of being paid for one. No study in this program requires you to receive text messages in order to take part or to be compensated. Every study offers a way to participate without them, and each study's own information page says what that way is. For the study this page serves, it is the same interview conducted in a web browser. Whichever way you take part, you are compensated identically. Opting in is not required to read this page.

What the program is

An automated interviewer conducts a standardized questionnaire by text message. Messages consist of questionnaire items and replies to what you send. No marketing or promotional messages are ever sent from this number.

The current program is a pilot test of that messaging system, run in preparation for a research study that has not yet begun and for which Child Mind Institute will apply for review by an Institutional Review Board. Each participant is given a short written persona describing a fictional parent and child, and answers the questionnaire in character. No participant is asked about their own child or their own mental health.

Messaging terms

Program: a standardized questionnaire conducted by an automated interviewer. No marketing or promotional messages are ever sent from this number.
Message frequency varies: 100 to 200 messages in a single session of 30 to 60 minutes.
Message and data rates may apply. We do not charge for participation.
Reply STOP at any time to opt out. Reply HELP for help.
Opting in is optional: it is not a condition of taking part in any study in this program, of completing one, or of being paid. Each study provides a way to take part without receiving text messages.
Phone numbers are used only to conduct the conversation. They are not sold, rented, or shared with third parties, and are not used for marketing.
Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

Your phone number

Your number is used to send the confirmation message and is then converted to an irreversible cryptographic hash; the number itself is not kept. To request deletion of your records, email olivia.fitzpatrick [at] childmind.org.

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