Maximizing worksite survey response rates through community organization strategies and multiple contacts
| Autor: | Elizabeth Fries, Robert T. Croyle, Helen P. Hopp, Deborah J. Bowen, Beti Thompson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Gerontology
Program evaluation Adult Male Health (social science) medicine.medical_treatment Community organization Applied psychology Psychological intervention Pilot Projects Health Promotion Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences Surveys and Questionnaires 0502 economics and business medicine Humans Workplace Occupational Health 030505 public health business.industry Telephone call Data Collection 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Social Control Informal Health promotion Smoking cessation 050211 marketing Health education Female Smoking Cessation 0305 other medical science business Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | American journal of health promotion : AJHP. 6(2) |
| ISSN: | 0890-1171 |
| Popis: | Background.Worksites are natural settings for health promotion. In many cases, the effectiveness of such interventions is appraised by surveying employees to assess worksite-wide changes in the targeted behavior. Little attention has been paid to increasing worksite survey response rates. One way is to utilize community organization strategies, which involve enlisting the individuals within a group to work together with researchers to affect the social environment.Methods.Community organization strategies and multiple contacts were used to obtain responses from employees in five worksites involved in a smoking cessation project. Employee Advisory Board members in each worksite reviewed, adapted, and revised the survey distribution method, the messages that accompanied the survey, and the survey content. Three major survey waves were undertaken: a worksite effort, a home mailing (in the pilot worksite only), and a telephone call to nonrespondents.Results.Response rates to a worksite-wide survey in one worksite the first year and four additional worksites the next year yielded 99.3% and 98.4% response rates, respectively. In the pilot worksite, 273 employees were eligible for the survey with 366 eligible employees in the four other worksites. Chi-square or analysis of variance computations were used, as appropriate, to test for differences in characteristics of respondents in the various data collection waves.Discussion.These results suggest that there may be merit in adapting such community organization intervention methods for research applications. |
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