Recruitment Strategies and Lessons Learned from the Children's Healthy Living Program Prevalence Survey
| Autor: | Shelley deBlair Remengesau, Emihner Johnson, Moria Shomour, Kathryn L. Braun, Rachel Novotny, Jean Butel, Cecilia Sigrah, Ashley B. Yamanaka, Tayna Belyeu-Camacho, Julianne Mary Power, Lynne R. Wilkens, Travis Fleming, Mark Acosta, Claudio R. Nigg, Reynolette Ettienne, Katalina McGlone, Daisy F. Gilmatam, Marie K. Fialkowski |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Gerontology
Research program medicine.medical_specialty obesity media_common.quotation_subject Childhood obesity multi-site Cultural diversity Prevalence Medicine media_common childhood Medical education business.industry Public health lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Flexibility (personality) lcsh:RA1-1270 General Medicine medicine.disease Pacific Voucher recruitment Cash Sustainability business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | AIMS public health AIMS Public Health, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 140-157 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 2327-8994 |
| Popis: | The US Affiliated Pacific region’s childhood obesity prevalence has reached epidemic proportions. To guide program and policy development, a multi-site study was initiated, in collaboration with partners from across the region, to gather comprehensive information on the regional childhood obesity prevalence. The environmental and cultural diversity of the region presented challenges to recruiting for and implementing a shared community-based, public health research program. This paper presents the strategies used to recruit families with young children (n = 5775 for children 2 – 8 years old) for obesity-related measurement across eleven jurisdictions in the US Affiliated Pacific Region. Data were generated by site teams that provided summaries of their recruitment strategies and lessons learned. Conducting this large multi-site prevalence study required considerable coordination, time and flexibility. In every location, local staff knowledgeable of the community was hired to lead recruitment, and participant compensation reflected jurisdictional appropriateness (e.g., gift cards, vouchers, or cash). Although recruitment approaches were site-specific, they were predominantly school-based or a combination of school- and community-based. Lessons learned included the importance of organization buy-in; communication, and advance planning; local travel and site peculiarities; and flexibility. Future monitoring of childhood obesity prevalence in the region should consider ways to integrate measurement activities into existing organizational infrastructures for sustainability and cost-effectiveness, while meeting programmatic (e.g. study) goals. |
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