Comparing methods of performing geographically targeted rural health surveillance.
David C LeeNancy A McGrawKelly M DoranAmanda K MengottoSara L WienerAndrew J VinsonLorna E ThorpePublished in: Emerging themes in epidemiology (2020)
These findings are consistent with declining response rates of phone surveys, which obtained an inadequate sample of rural residents. Though in-person surveys had higher response rates, convenience sampling failed to obtain a geographically distributed sample of rural residents. Of modalities tested, mailed surveys provided the best opportunity to perform geographically targeted rural health surveillance.