A Comparison of Recruitment Methods for an mHealth Intervention Targeting Mothers: Lessons from the Growing Healthy Program.
Rachel A LawsEloise-Kate V LitterbachElizabeth A Denney-WilsonCatherine Georgina RussellSarah TakiKok-Leong OngRosalind M ElliottSharyn J LymerKaren J CampbellPublished in: Journal of medical Internet research (2016)
Online recruitment using parenting-related Facebook pages was the most cost effective and timely method of recruitment to an mHealth intervention targeting parents of young infants. Consideration needs to be given to addressing practitioner barriers to referral, to further explore if this can be a viable method of recruitment.