What do parents think of using informational videos to support recruitment for parenting trials? A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lower than expected recruitment and retention rates are common challenges in parenting trials-particularly for community-based trials targeting parents of young children that rely on face-to-face recruitment by frontline workers. Recruitment requires parental informed consent, yet information sheets have been criticized for being lengthy and complex, and particularly challenging for parents with low literacy. Recent innovations include 'talking head' information videos. This paper aims to explore parent perceptions of using a 'talking head' video to support informed consent, recruitment, and retention procedures in parenting trials.

Methods

We conducted semi-structured interviews with a sample of 24 mothers recruited after their final follow-ups in two different p

SUBMITTER: Pontoppidan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8642858 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature