Abstract:
:To describe and evaluate recruitment techniques used to enroll 152 healthy pregnant women fewer than 15 weeks gestation into a prospective study of environmental chemical exposure during pregnancy. Posters, a website, online and print advertising, recruitment emails, media coverage, recruitment from clinic waiting rooms, networking within the pregnancy community and presenting a study booth at baby "trade shows" were used to advertise the study. Participants had to meet a strict set of eligibility criteria, and were asked to donate two-second-trimester blood samples, complete two questionnaires, have samples of air, dust, lint and tap water collected from their homes, and donate a cord blood sample at delivery. Over 17 months, 171 women enrolled (49% of initial contacts, and 99% of all eligible women) and 152 women completed the study (89% retention). Total recruitment costs were approximately $400 Cdn per final participant. Posters, study booth presentations and online advertising generated the most inquiries about the study. Word of mouth, referral from another study and direct email were the most cost-effective strategies. Not surprisingly, the recruited study population was less ethnically diverse, more affluent and more educated than the background population of pregnant women in Vancouver. A combination of passive and active recruitment techniques were successful for recruiting healthy women in roughly the first trimester of pregnancy (<15 weeks gestation). While a convenience sample of women is suitable for our study questions, additional strategies may be required to recruit a more representative pregnant population in future studies.
journal_name
Matern Child Health Jjournal_title
Maternal and child health journalauthors
Webster GM,Teschke K,Janssen PAdoi
10.1007/s10995-010-0739-8subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-02-01 00:00:00pages
430-8issue
2eissn
1092-7875issn
1573-6628journal_volume
16pub_type
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更新日期:2011-10-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2005-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2012-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:1998-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2017-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2019-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2000-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s10995-005-0025-3
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Maternal and child health journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s10995-012-0960-8
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-04-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2018-10-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2006-03-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2018-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Maternal and child health journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1023/a:1009574305310
更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2020-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s10995-007-0225-0
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00