ArticleTranslational behavioral medicine2015
Recruitment of adolescents for a smoking study: use of traditional strategies and social media.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Online Patient Recruitment in Clinical Trials: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Social media recruitment for mental health research: A systematic review.Comprehensive psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- An evaluation of paid social media advertising and traditional advertising for addiction research recruitment.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Trial
- Recruiting racially and ethnically diverse smokers seeking treatment: Lessons learned from a smoking cessation randomized clinical trial.Addictive behaviors · 2022Trial
- Recruitment of Adolescents to Virtual Clinical Trials: Recruitment Results From the Health4Me Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2024Article
- Recruitment and retention into longitudinal health research from an adolescent perspective: a qualitative study.BMC medical research methodology · 2023Article
- Cost-effectiveness of social media advertising as a recruitment tool: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2023Article
- Barriers for recruitment to treatment of youths with co-occurring substance use disorders and depression.The American journal on addictions · 2022Article
- The Use of Social Media for Health Research Purposes: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
- Effectiveness of social media (Facebook), targeted mailing, and in-person solicitation for the recruitment of young adult in a diabetes self-management clinical trial.Clinical trials (London, England) · 2020Article
- Performance, Cost-Effectiveness, and Representativeness of Facebook Recruitment to Suicide Prevention Research: Online Survey Study.JMIR mental health · 2020Article
- Effectiveness of Social Media Approaches to Recruiting Young Adult Cigarillo Smokers: Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Cost Per Participant Recruited From Rural and Remote Areas Into a Smoking Cessation Trial Via Online or Traditional Strategies: Observational Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Observational
- Youth Study Recruitment Using Paid Advertising on Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook: Cross-Sectional Survey Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2019Article
- Re-recruiting postpartum women living with HIV into a follow-up study in Cape Town, South Africa.BMC research notes · 2019Article
- Recruiting Hard-to-Reach Populations for Survey Research: Using Facebook and Instagram Advertisements and In-Person Intercept in LGBT Bars and Nightclubs to Recruit LGBT Young Adults.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Article
- Recruitment and retention strategies for an urban adolescent study: Lessons learned from a multi-center study of community-based asthma self-management intervention for adolescents.Journal of adolescence · 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
- Help-Seeking on Facebook Versus More Traditional Sources of Help: Cross-Sectional Survey of Military Veterans.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Article
- Comparison of internet and mailing methods to recruit couples into research on unaided smoking cessation.Addictive behaviors · 2017Article
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Abstract
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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