Trial reportJMIR public health and surveillance2021
Comparing Social Media and In-Person Recruitment: Lessons Learned From Recruiting Substance-Using, Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents and Young Adults for a Randomized Control Trial.
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Optimizing HIV Counseling and Testing and Referral Through an Adaptive Drug Use
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- An evaluation of paid social media advertising and traditional advertising for addiction research recruitment.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Trial
- Recruitment of Young Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men for a Web-Based Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Intervention: Differences in Participant Characteristics and Study Engagement by Recruitment Source in a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- An Evaluation of Social Media and Geospatial Dating Apps for Recruitment of a National Sample of Young Men Who Have Sex with Men in the LITE-2 Study.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Advancing Inclusive Design Practice for Queer Youth Using Digital Technologies for Mental Health.The Medical journal of Australia · 2026Article
- Trial Enrollment Correlates in an HIV Status-Neutral mHealth Intervention Among Young Black and Latinx Men and Transgender Women Who have Sex with Men.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- How Australia's social media minimum age law may reshape research recruitment for adolescents under 16.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2026Review
- Sexual health survey recruitment approaches among patients in community health centers.Sexual health · 2025Article
- Piloting a Birth Control Navigator Program for Adolescents and Young Adults in Indiana.Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology · 2025Article
- Culturally Responsive Outreach and Peer Navigation to Improve HIV Prevention and Care for Latino Gay and Bisexual Men in Atlanta.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Engaging Underserved Populations in Health Preference Research: Challenges and Strategies.The patient · 2025Article
- Improving Data Integrity in Samples Obtained From Web-Based Recruitment: Protocol for the Development of a Novel System for Assessing Participant Authenticity in a Remote Longitudinal Cohort Study of Polysubstance Use.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- From Dialogue to Action: Community Recommendations for Inclusive Research Participation Among Underrepresented Populations.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Challenging the Continued Usefulness of Social Media Recruitment for Surveys of Hidden Populations of People Who Use Opioids.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Recruiting sexual minority youth for a drug abuse prevention trial: Comparing Instagram and Facebook.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Engaging Diverse African American/Black and Latine Youth and Emerging Adults Living with HIV into Research: Description of Recruitment Strategies and Lessons Learned.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Recruitment of Adolescents to Virtual Clinical Trials: Recruitment Results From the Health4Me Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2024Article
- The Digital Platform and Its Emerging Role in Decentralized Clinical Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Diversity, equity, and inclusivity in observational ambulatory assessment: Recommendations from two decades of Electronically Activated Recorder (EAR) research.Behavior research methods · 2024Article
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- Screening and Retaining Adolescents Recruited Through Social Media: Secondary Analysis from a Longitudinal Clinical Trial.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundRecruiting large samples of diverse sexual and gender minority adolescent and young adults (AYAs) into HIV intervention research is critical to the development and later dissemination of interventions that address the risk factors for HIV transmission among substance-using, sexual and gender minority AYAs.
objectiveThis paper aimed to describe the characteristics of the samples recruited via social media and in-person methods and makes recommendations for strategies to recruit substance-using, sexual and gender minority AYAs, a hardly reached population that is a priority for HIV prevention research.
methodsUsing data from a randomized control trial of an HIV and substance use intervention with sexual and gender minority AYAs, aged 15 to 29 years in southeastern Michigan (n=414), we examined demographic and behavioral characteristics associated with successful recruitment from a range of virtual and physical venues.
resultsWe found that paid advertisements on Facebook, Instagram, and Grindr offered the largest quantity of eligible participants willing to enroll in the trial. Instagram offered the largest proportion of transgender masculine participants, and Grindr offered the largest proportion of Black/African American individuals. Although we attempted venue-based recruitment at clubs, bars, community centers, and AIDS service organizations, we found it to be unsuccessful for this specific hardly reached population. Social media and geobased dating applications offered the largest pool of eligible participants.
conclusionsUnderstanding factors associated with successful recruitment has the potential to inform effective and efficient strategies for HIV prevention research with substance-using, sexual and gender AYAs.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT02945436; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02945436. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): RR2-10.2196/resprot.9414.
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