Can Findings from Postal Questionnaires be Combined with Interview Results to Improve the Response Rate among Ethnic Minority Populations?

Allison, T.; Ahmad, Tariq; Brammah, Thérèse; Symmons, Deborah; Urwin, Michelle

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“…In total, 29 studies [45,48,49,52,54-56,59,60,63],[68,74,85,90,96-98,100,105,106],[110,111,113-115,117,118,120,124] and seven reviews [133-138,140] explored barriers and solutions for collecting research data with participants from socially disadvantaged groups (see Table 6). …”

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“…If participants cannot be reached by telephone data collection, telephone surveys could be supplemented by face-to-face door knock interviews [49] or online surveys [52]. Allison et al [110] caution that supplementing postal questionnaires with face to face interviews may not produce responses with equivalence as comparisons of these two modes of survey delivery resulted in very low kappa agreement scores for some items. Working with Australian Aboriginal communities Couzos et al [114] proposed a ‘community-controlled’ research process including data collection and management which was flexible and involved locals employed to administer the research protocol.…”

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Reaching the hard-to-reach: a systematic review of strategies for improving health and medical research with socially disadvantaged groups

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Randell

Paul

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BackgroundThis study aims to review the literature regarding the barriers to sampling, recruitment, participation, and retention of members of socioeconomically disadvantaged groups in health research and strategies for increasing the amount of health research conducted with socially disadvantaged groups.MethodsA systematic review with narrative synthesis was conducted. Searches of electronic databases Medline, PsychInfo, EMBASE, Social Science Index via Web of Knowledge and CINHAL were conducted for English language articles published up to May 2013. Qualitative and quantitative studies as well as literature reviews were included. Articles were included if they reported attempts to increase disadvantaged group participation in research, or the barriers to research with disadvantaged groups. Groups of interest were those described as socially, culturally or financially disadvantaged compared to the majority of society. Eligible articles were categorised according to five phases of research: 1) sampling, 2) recruitment and gaining consent, 3) data collection and measurement, 4) intervention delivery and uptake, and 5) retention and attrition.ResultsIn total, 116 papers from 115 studies met inclusion criteria and 31 previous literature reviews were included. A comprehensive summation of the major barriers to working with various disadvantaged groups is provided, along with proposed strategies for addressing each of the identified types of barriers. Most studies of strategies to address the barriers were of a descriptive nature and only nine studies reported the results of randomised trials.ConclusionsTo tackle the challenges of research with socially disadvantaged groups, and increase their representation in health and medical research, researchers and research institutions need to acknowledge extended timeframes, plan for higher resourcing costs and operate via community partnerships.

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Reaching the hard-to-reach: a systematic review of strategies for improving health and medical research with socially disadvantaged groups

Bonevski

Randell

Paul

et al. 2014

BMC Med Res Methodol

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“…random sampling from postcode address file for postal survey and purposive sampling for street surveys. The combination of different approaches was designed to maximise the diversity of respondents, enabling a wide range of demographic groups to be represented 33,34 . It also avoided typical response bias issues associated with single distribution methods.…”

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Public attitudes towards community pharmacy attributes and preferences for methods for promotion of public health services

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Objective: To identify attitudes towards pharmacy characteristics and promotional methods for selected pharmacy public health services (lifestyle advice and screening for cardiovascular risk factors) among different sectors of the general public. Study design:Cross-sectional survey, using a previously validated questionnaire.Methods: Three survey methods were used, across 15 areas of England, to maximise diversity: face-to-face, telephone and self-completion of paper questionnaires. Responses to closed questions regarding characteristics and promotion were quantified and differences among sub-groups explored by univariate and multivariate analysis. Results:In total, 2,661 responses were available for analysis: 2,047 face-to-face, 301 telephone and 313 paper. There were strong preferences for a pharmacy near to home or doctor's surgery and for long opening hours, particularly among employed people and nonwhites. Fifty percent preferred not to use a pharmacy in a supermarket, particularly older people, the retired, those of lower education and frequent pharmacy users. Personal recommendation by health professionals or family/friends was reported as most likely to encourage uptake of pharmacy public health services, with older people and males being less likely and frequent pharmacy users more likely perceive any promotional method as influential. Posters/leaflets were preferred over mass media methods, with fewer than 30% perceiving the latter as potentially influential. Conclusion:Pharmacists, pharmacy companies and service commissioners should use promotional methods favoured by potential users of pharmacy public health services and be aware of differences in attitudes when trying to reach specific population sub-groups. For personal recommendation to be successful good inter-professional working and a pro-active approach to existing customers are needed.

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“…A relatively large number of within-group studies presented the modes under evaluation in exactly the same order to all participants (n = 95, 53%). 107,108 The 381 papers included in the review described 489 different samples. Some studies compared response on samples derived from two different sources (e.g.…”

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Mode of data elicitation, acquisition and response to surveys: a systematic review.

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Can Findings from Postal Questionnaires be Combined with Interview Results to Improve the Response Rate among Ethnic Minority Populations?

Abstract: It is possible to achieve a good response rate for an epidemiological study among ethnic minorities by using both postal questionnaires and interviews. Care should be taken when results from these two methods are combined, since equivalence is uncertain.

Cited by 14 publications

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Reaching the hard-to-reach: a systematic review of strategies for improving health and medical research with socially disadvantaged groups

Reaching the hard-to-reach: a systematic review of strategies for improving health and medical research with socially disadvantaged groups

Public attitudes towards community pharmacy attributes and preferences for methods for promotion of public health services

Mode of data elicitation, acquisition and response to surveys: a systematic review.

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