Adolescent research recruitment issues and strategies: Application in a rural school setting

Lamb, Jacqueline; Puskar, Kathryn; Tusaie‐Mumford, Kathleen

doi:10.1053/jpdn.2001.20552

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“…Making initial contact via email, instead of letter, and following up with a phone call would likely have reduced the amount of time and resources spent, and would be our preferred method of contact in future. It has been suggested that efforts to encourage schools to participate can be facilitated by someone known to the school system (Lamb, Puskar, & Tusaie-Mumford, 2001), as we experienced when trying to engage community groups. It may therefore be beneficial to make use of any previously established relationships that other team members have with schools and to use them as a way to make contact and to introduce the research.…”

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It’s hard to reach the “hard-to-reach”: the challenges of recruiting people who do not access preventative healthcare services into interview studies

Rockliffe

Chorley

Marlow

et al. 2018

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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In this article, we discuss the challenges faced in recruiting “hard-to-reach” groups for interview studies, specifically those who do not access preventative healthcare services. We do this by reflecting on the varying success of different recruitment methods we have used in two recent studies; one investigating ethnic disparities in human papillomavirus vaccination uptake and another exploring difference in cervical screening non-participation. Engaging new community groups to help with recruitment proved particularly difficult, as did recruiting online. Our most successful recruitment methods included recruiting through community groups with whom we had previously established relationships, recruiting through schools and re-contacting participants who previously completed a related survey. We conclude that successful recruitment is dependent on study awareness and engagement. We urge others to be transparent in reporting recruitment methods in order to benefit the qualitative research community and suggest that details are published as supplementary material alongside qualitative articles in future.

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It’s hard to reach the “hard-to-reach”: the challenges of recruiting people who do not access preventative healthcare services into interview studies

Rockliffe

Chorley

Marlow

et al. 2018

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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“…[1][2][3] Adolescents are viewed as the natural target for social media use, 4,5 but this assertion requires further investigation regarding how social networking sites are being used to recruit adolescent participants. There is no financial cost to sign up to Facebook, however researchers should take into consideration of costs to use additional features such as advertising for research recruitment.…”

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Facebook as a Recruitment Tool for Adolescent Health Research: A Systematic Review

Amon

Campbell

Hawke

et al. 2014

Academic Pediatrics

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“…Much has been written about traditional recruitment methods including specific methods of collaboration with schools and community sources [6,10,13,16,19]. These recruitment methods often incorporate reaching out to youth through schools and community centers, which can be costly in terms of personnel and resources [24] and may yield low enrollment rates [18].…”

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“…These recruitment methods often incorporate reaching out to youth through schools and community centers, which can be costly in terms of personnel and resources [24] and may yield low enrollment rates [18]. School-based recruitment often means working with district-level administration for extended periods of time to gain access to a finite number of students [13]. Additional complications arising from schoolbased recruitment include class schedules, holidays, and student absenteeism [13].…”

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“…School-based recruitment often means working with district-level administration for extended periods of time to gain access to a finite number of students [13]. Additional complications arising from schoolbased recruitment include class schedules, holidays, and student absenteeism [13]. Paper-based recruitment, such as printing and posting fliers in health clinics, can be time-consuming to implement and maintain [24] and can yield low recruitment rates [5].…”

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Recruitment of adolescents for a smoking study: use of traditional strategies and social media

Rait

Prochaska

Rubinstein

2015

Behav. Med. Pract. Policy Res.

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Engaging and retaining adolescents in research studies is challenging. Social media offers utility for expanding the sphere of research recruitment. This study examined and compared traditional and Facebook-based recruitment strategies on reach, enrollment, cost, and retention. Substance users aged 13-17 years were recruited through several methods, including social media, a study website, fliers, talks in schools, bus ads, and referrals. Study involvement included a one-time visit and semiannual follow-up surveys. 1265 individuals contacted study personnel; 629 were ineligible; 129 declined; and 200 participants enrolled. Facebook drew the greatest volume but had a high rate of ineligibles. Referrals were the most successful and cost-effective ($7 per enrolled participant); school talks were the least. Recruitment source was unrelated to retention success. Facebook may expand recruitment reach, but had greater financial costs and more ineligible contacts, resulting in fewer enrollees relative to traditional interpersonal recruitment methods. Referrals, though useful for study engagement, did not provide a differential benefit in terms of long-term retention.

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Adolescent research recruitment issues and strategies: Application in a rural school setting

Cited by 56 publications

References 13 publications

It’s hard to reach the “hard-to-reach”: the challenges of recruiting people who do not access preventative healthcare services into interview studies

It’s hard to reach the “hard-to-reach”: the challenges of recruiting people who do not access preventative healthcare services into interview studies

Facebook as a Recruitment Tool for Adolescent Health Research: A Systematic Review

Recruitment of adolescents for a smoking study: use of traditional strategies and social media

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