Recruiting a diverse group of middle school girls into the trial of activity for adolescent girls
Recruiting a diverse group of middle school girls into the trial of activity for adolescent girls
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1746-1561.2008.00339.x
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发表时间：
2008-10-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Bothwell, Elizabeth K. Guth
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作者：
Elder, John P.;Shuler, LaVerne;Bothwell, Elizabeth K. Guth
背景：校本招生工作既耗时又具有挑战性。本文重点介绍了全国多地点青春期女孩活动试验（TAAG）所采用的招募策略，该研究旨在衡量一项干预措施的有效性，以减少中学女生体育活动水平的下降。TAAG提供了一个独特的机会，在全美36所不同的中学中招募大量随机抽样的女孩。方法：TAAG招聘工作的形成性规划、协调和设计的关键要素包括灵活性、量身定制和激励措施的使用。在整个招生过程中遇到了各种障碍，包括自然灾害、政治紧张局势和地区法规，但6个TAAG站点之间的协调战略和频繁沟通有助于在36所干预和控制学校中调整招生过程。结果：逐步完善的招募策略和对目标受众中学女生的特别关注导致基线、测试后和随访期间的总体研究招募率分别为80%、85%和89%。讨论：随着时间的推移，招聘率的稳步增长归因于对成功策略的重视和对不太成功的方法进行修改的意愿。开放和一致的沟通，日益协调的招聘策略，互动的招聘演示，以及参与者的激励导致了有效的招聘活动。
BACKGROUND: School-based study recruitment efforts are both time consuming and challenging. This paper highlights the recruitment strategies employed by the national, multisite Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (TAAG), a study designed to measure the effectiveness of an intervention to reduce the decline of physical activity levels among middle school-aged girls. TAAG provided a unique opportunity to recruit large cohorts of randomly sampled girls within 36 diverse middle schools across the United States.METHODS: Key elements of the formative planning, coordination, and design of TAAG's recruitment efforts included flexibility, tailoring, and the use of incentives. Various barriers, including a natural disaster, political tension, and district regulations, were encountered throughout the recruitment process, but coordinated strategies and frequent communication between the 6 TAAG sites were helpful in tailoring the recruitment process at the 36 intervention and control schools.RESULTS: Progressively refined recruitment strategies and specific attention to the target audience of middle school girls resulted in overall study recruitment rates of 80%, 85%, and 89%, for the baseline, posttest, and follow-up period, respectively.DISCUSSION: The steady increase in recruitment rates over time is attributed to an emphasis on successful strategies and a willingness to modify less successful methods. Open and consistent communication, an increasingly coordinated recruitment strategy, interactive recruitment presentations, and participant incentives resulted in an effective recruitment campaign.