Recruiting 'hard to reach' parents for health promotion research: experiences from a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Marginalised populations are less likely to take part in health research, and are sometimes considered 'easy to ignore'. We aimed to describe our approach and results of recruiting parents who experience disadvantage, for focus groups exploring infant feeding on the island of Ireland. Upon receiving ethical approval, we implemented recruitment strategies that included building rapport with community organisations through existing networks, targeting specific organisations with information about our aims, and utilising social media groups for parents.

Results

We approached 74 organisations of which 17 helped with recruitment. We recruited 86 parents/carers (one male) for 19 focus groups (15 urban/4 rural). Seventy two percent met at the eligibility criteria. Most pa

SUBMITTER: Tully L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8293495 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature