ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2015
Using Internet to recruit immigrants with language and culture barriers for tobacco and alcohol use screening: a study among Brazilians.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The experiences of minority language users in health and social care research: A systematic review.The International journal of health planning and management · 2025Pooled it
- Social media recruitment for mental health research: A systematic review.Comprehensive psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- The Use of Facebook in Recruiting Participants for Health Research Purposes: A Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Pooled it
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- Using Social Media to Recruit a Diverse Sample of Participants for a Mobile Health (mHealth) Intervention to Increase Physical Activity: Exploratory Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Trial
- Recruiting to a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Web-Based Program for People With Type 2 Diabetes and Depression: Lessons Learned at the Intersection of e-Mental Health and Primary Care.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Trial
- Merits and Pitfalls of Social Media as a Platform for Recruitment of Study Participants.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Cost-effectiveness of social media advertising as a recruitment tool: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2023Article
- Conducting Intervention Research With Immigrant Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: Barriers and Facilitators of Recruitment and Retention.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2022Article
- Facebook recruitment for research of children and parents during the COVID-19 pandemic.Applied nursing research : ANR · 2022Article
- Ethical Issues in Social Media Recruitment for Clinical Studies: Ethical Analysis and Framework.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Review
- Methodological and Ethical Considerations in Research With Immigrant and Refugee Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2021Article
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- Study Protocol for the COVID-19 Pandemic Adjustment Survey (CPAS): A Longitudinal Study of Australian Parents of a Child 0-18 Years.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Social Media Recruitment of Marginalized, Hard-to-Reach Populations: Development of Recruitment and Monitoring Guidelines.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2019Article
- Facebook for recruiting Spanish- and English-speaking smokers.Internet interventions · 2019Article
- The interaction of personal, contextual, and study characteristics and their effect on recruitment and participation of pregnant women in research: a qualitative study in Lebanon.BMC medical research methodology · 2018Article
- Using Facebook to Recruit Parents to Participate in a Family Program to Prevent Teen Drug Use.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2018Article
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Abstract
Limited English proficient (LEP) individuals face disparities in accessing substance abuse treatment, but little is known on how to reach this population. This study aimed to test online recruitment methods for tobacco and alcohol screening among LEP Portuguese speakers. The study was advertised in Portuguese using Facebook, Google, online newsletters and E-mail. Participants clicked ads to consent and access a screening for tobacco and alcohol dependence. Ads yielded 690 screening responses in 90 days. Respondents had a mean age of 42.7 (SD 12), with a higher proportion of women than men, 95% born in Brazil with high levels of LEP and low levels of acculturation. Facebook ads yielded 41.4% of responses, and were the lowest cost recruitment channel ($8.9, $31.10 and $20.40 per respondent, hazardous drinker and smoker, respectively). Online recruitment of LEP populations is feasible. Future studies should test similar strategies in other LEP groups.
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