The National Children's Study: Recruitment Outcomes Using the Provider-Based Recruitment Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In 2009, the National Children's Study (NCS) Vanguard Study tested the feasibility of household-based recruitment and participant enrollment using a birth-rate probability sample. In 2010, the NCS Program Office launched 3 additional recruitment approaches. We tested whether provider-based recruitment could improve recruitment outcomes compared with household-based recruitment.

Methods

The NCS aimed to recruit 18- to 49-year-old women who were pregnant or at risk for becoming pregnant who lived in designated geographic segments within primary sampling units, generally counties. Using provider-based recruitment, 10 study centers engaged providers to enroll eligible participants at their practice. Recruitment models used different levels of provider engagement (full,

SUBMITTER: Hale DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4878111 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature