Background Use of social media for study recruitment is becoming increasingly common.
Previous studies have typically focused on using Facebook; however, there are limited data …

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 Recruiting a diverse sample of pregnant women for clinical research is a
challenging but crucial task for improving obstetric services and maternal and child health …

Background Recruitment of women in the periconceptional period to clinical studies using
traditional advertising through medical establishments is difficult and slow. Given the …

Objectives To evaluate the recruitment of pregnant women for a clinical trial in Vancouver,
Canada, via social media versus offline methods and to explore optimization of social media …

Objective To pilot public health interventions at women potentially interested in maternity
care via campaigns on social media (Twitter), social networks (Facebook), and online …

Efficient and effective methods of recruiting participants for studies have characteristically
come with many challenges. The unprecedented rise of social media platforms such as …

Background In the United States, there are lower rates of breastfeeding among African
American mothers, particularly those who are younger women. Recent epidemiological …

Objectives Several types of epidemiologic studies suffer from decreasing participation rates,
resulting in potential selection bias and delay or termination of studies. We aimed to …

This paper presents a case study describing the use of social media, specifically Facebook
and Instagram, as a valuable tool for recruiting participants in community-engaged health …