Informed Consent and Study Participation
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PID
Before participating in the brief web-based screener, interested individuals were asked to review the informed consent form and provide their consent to participate by clicking the “I agree” button. If initially eligible, participants were again provided with information about the study, and their interest and consent were reconfirmed by an RA during the Zoom screen. Each participant was assigned a unique participant ID (PID) that was stored separately from the study data on a secure server. The PID was used for all surveys and for weight data collection. Zoom-based interviews were removed following professional transcription, where any potentially identifiable information was removed from the transcripts, and the PID was used instead. Participants were compensated up to a total of US $120, which included US $30 for the completion of each survey (baseline, after the intervention, and 4-month follow-up) and an additional US $30 for participating in exit interviews. Payments were made through electronically delivered Amazon gift cards.