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Recruitment of Family Child Care Homes for an Obesity Prevention Intervention Study.

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Ward, DS; Vaughn, AE; Burney, RV; Østbye, T
Published in: Contemp Clin Trials Commun
August 15, 2016

OBJECTIVE: Critical to the success of any intervention study is successful recruitment. The aim of this paper was to examine the recruitment process of a randomized controlled trial evaluating an intervention conducted with family child care home providers. Specifically, the recruitment challenges, the efforts employed to address the challenges, and their impact on participant recruitment are discussed. METHODS: The study's original recruitment protocol was employed during waves 1 and 2 (out of 5). However, recruitment tracking showed a failure to meet enrollment targets, particularly in wave 2. Low enrollment prompted an all-day retreat to discuss potential revisions and enhancements to recruitment strategies. Four strategies to enhance the recruitment protocol emerged from the retreat: improving recruitment materials to enhance communication, increasing engagement with community partners, addressing provider concerns about participation and study burden, and facilitating parent engagement. RESULTS: The study successfully recruited 166 family child care home providers across the 5 waves. There was a significant impact on the recruitment of waves 3-5 versus waves 1-2 using the enhanced recruitment protocol. There was a dramatic increase in those who "consented" (43% vs. 60%, respectively) and a corresponding decrease in the percent of "interested and eligible" who then "failed to consent" (57% vs. 40%, respectively). CONCLUSION: Results of these enhanced recruitment strategies demonstrate the many lessons learned about successful recruitment of a difficult-to-reach population, family child care homes; specifically, the importance of building relationships, communicating clearly, and identifying key motivators.

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Contemp Clin Trials Commun

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2451-8654

Publication Date

August 15, 2016

Volume

3

Start / End Page

131 / 138

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
 

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Ward, D. S., Vaughn, A. E., Burney, R. V., & Østbye, T. (2016). Recruitment of Family Child Care Homes for an Obesity Prevention Intervention Study. Contemp Clin Trials Commun, 3, 131–138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2016.05.001
Ward, Dianne S., Amber E. Vaughn, Regan V. Burney, and Truls Østbye. “Recruitment of Family Child Care Homes for an Obesity Prevention Intervention Study.Contemp Clin Trials Commun 3 (August 15, 2016): 131–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2016.05.001.
Ward DS, Vaughn AE, Burney RV, Østbye T. Recruitment of Family Child Care Homes for an Obesity Prevention Intervention Study. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2016 Aug 15;3:131–8.
Ward, Dianne S., et al. “Recruitment of Family Child Care Homes for an Obesity Prevention Intervention Study.Contemp Clin Trials Commun, vol. 3, Aug. 2016, pp. 131–38. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.conctc.2016.05.001.
Ward DS, Vaughn AE, Burney RV, Østbye T. Recruitment of Family Child Care Homes for an Obesity Prevention Intervention Study. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2016 Aug 15;3:131–138.
Journal cover image

Published In

Contemp Clin Trials Commun

DOI

ISSN

2451-8654

Publication Date

August 15, 2016

Volume

3

Start / End Page

131 / 138

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences