Background Facebook (FB) has been widely used recently to recruit participants for adult
health research. However, little is known about its effectiveness, cost, and the characteristics …

Recruiting participants is a challenge for many health, medical and psychosocial research
projects. One tool more frequently being used to improve recruitment is the social …

Background Social media is a popular online tool that allows users to communicate and
exchange information. It allows digital content such as pictures, videos and websites to be …

Highlights•There is much potential for use of Facebook in health-related research and
program delivery.•We review studies that have used Facebook to recruit diverse samples …

Background Researchers are increasingly using social media to recruit participants to
surveys and clinical studies. However, the evidence of the efficacy and validity of adolescent …

Background Obtaining access to a demographically and geographically diverse sample for
health-related research can be costly and time consuming. Previous studies have reported …

Social and behavioral scientists increasingly use Facebook to recruit research participants.
Given the everchanging social media landscape, it is important to consider the ethical …

Background Recruitment is often a difficult and costly part of any human research study.
Social media and other emerging means of mass communication hold promise as means to …

Background Facebook has shown promise as an economical means of recruiting
participants for health research. However, few studies have evaluated this recruitment …

Background Social media holds exciting promise for advancing mental health research
recruitment, however, the extent and efficacy to which these platforms are currently in use …