Trial reportAmerican journal of men's health2016
Using Facebook™ to Recruit College-Age Men for a Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Trial.
Trial report in American journal of men's health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Online Patient Recruitment in Clinical Trials: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
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- Recruitment in Appalachian, Rural and Older Adult Populations in an Artificial Intelligence World: Study Using Human-Mediated Follow-Up.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- U.S. Vietnamese parents' trusted sources of information and preferences for intervention messaging about HPV vaccination: A mixed methods study.PEC innovation · 2023Article
- Cost-effectiveness of social media advertising as a recruitment tool: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2023Article
- Review of human papillomavirus (HPV) burden and HPV vaccination for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men and transgender women in the United States.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Review
- Evaluating a Technology-Mediated HPV Vaccination Awareness Intervention: A Controlled, Quasi-Experimental, Mixed Methods Study.Vaccines · 2020Article
- The Role of Social Media in Enhancing Clinical Trial Recruitment: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Health Communication and Decision Making about Vaccine Clinical Trials during a Pandemic.Journal of health communication · 2020Article
- Digital tools for the recruitment and retention of participants in randomised controlled trials: a systematic map.Trials · 2020Review
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- Using Facebook to Recruit Young Australian Men Into a Cross-Sectional Human Papillomavirus Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Article
- Recruiting Young Gay and Bisexual Men for a Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Intervention Through Social Media: The Effects of Advertisement Content.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2017Article
- Share2Quit: Online Social Network Peer Marketing of Tobacco Cessation Systems.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2017Article
- The Effectiveness Of Social Media (Facebook) Compared With More Traditional Advertising Methods for Recruiting Eligible Participants To Health Research Studies: A Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2016Article
- Recruiting for health, medical or psychosocial research using Facebook: Systematic review.Internet interventions · 2016Review
- Can Digital Tools Be Used for Improving Immunization Programs?Frontiers in public health · 2016Review
- Online Recruitment Methods for Web-Based and Mobile Health Studies: A Review of the Literature.Journal of medical Internet research · 2015Review
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Abstract
College-age men were recruited using Facebook™ advertisements (ads), as well as traditional recruitment methods, for a randomized controlled trial to compare immunological responses to human papillomavirus vaccine administered in two dosing schedules. This study compares enrollees who were recruited through traditional recruitment methods versus social networking sites (SNSs), including Facebook. Potential participants were recruited using flyers posted on and off campus(es), and distributed at health fairs, classes, sporting, and other campus events; e-mails to students and student organizations; and print advertisements in student newspapers and on city buses. Facebook ads were displayed to users with specific age, geographic, and interest characteristics; ads were monitored daily to make adjustments to improve response. A total of 220 males, aged 18 to 25 years enrolled between October 2010 and May 2011. The majority of participants (51%) reported print advertisements as the method by which they first heard about the study, followed by personal contact (29%) and Facebook or other SNSs (20%). The likelihood of a SNS being the source by which the participant first heard about the study compared with traditional methods was increased if the participant reported (a) being homosexual or bisexual or (b) posting daily updates on SNSs. Facebook and other SNSs are a viable recruitment strategy for reaching potential clinical trial participants among groups who typically use social media to stay connected with their friends and hard-to-reach groups such as young men who self-identify as homosexual or bisexual.
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