Intentional and actional components of engaged participation in public health research studies: qualitative synthesis of a recruitment and retention process into the theory-informed INTACT-RS framework.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ensuring motivated and successful study participation is a key challenge in the design and conduct of health research studies. Previously, recruitment barriers and facilitators have been identified mainly from experience, and rarely based on theoretical approaches. We developed a framework of intentional and actional components of engaged participation in public health research studies (INTACT-RS), informed by psychological behavioral models. We aimed a) to identify precise indicators for each framework component and b) to better understand which components and decision processes are essential for study participants.

Methods

Within a multicenter research network, we applied various approaches to recruit parents of newborns, pediatricians, and midwives. All recruit

SUBMITTER: Lander J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9841138 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature