Using facebook to recruit young adult veterans: online mental health research.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Veteran research has primarily been conducted with clinical samples and those already involved in health care systems, but much is to be learned about veterans in the community. Facebook is a novel yet largely unexplored avenue for recruiting veteran participants for epidemiological and clinical studies. OBJECTIVE:In this study, we utilized Facebook to recruit a sample of young adult veterans for the first phase of an online alcohol intervention study. We describe the successful Facebook recruitment process, including data collection from over 1000 veteran participants in approximately 3 weeks, procedures to verify participation eligibility, and comparison of our sample with nationally available norms. METHODS:Participants were young adult veterans aged 18-34 recruited through F

SUBMITTER: Pedersen ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4526897 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature