ECU LGBTQ Health Promotion Team 2016 North Carolina Pride Festival Survey

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE This survey gathers data to inform our understanding of workplace discrimination, substance abuse, and health, in relation to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender identity. DESCRIPTION OF PARTICIPANTS Adults attending NC Pride 2016 (a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community festival open to the public on Duke University's campus on September 24, 2016) in Durham, NC. RESEARCH METHODS We used iPads to conduct an anonymous survey using convenience sampling with participants at the NC Pride Parade and Festival. The survey took place at the festival portion, which has a sound stage, food vendors, and booths from corporations, businesses, and community organizations. The surveyors requested participation from adults who were walking by the survey team tent, which was rented from NC Pride. Surveyors stayed by the tent and were always in the presence of a faculty member and other surveyors while conducting surveys at the tent. Training with the survey team was conducted about protocols, informed consent, and how to handle refusals the week prior to survey implementation.