scholarly journals Comparisons Between Recruitment and Retention Strategies for Two Online RCTs

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 83-83
Author(s):  
Britney Webster ◽  
Alexandra Jeanblanc ◽  
Gregory Smith ◽  
Frank Infurna
Keyword(s):  
School Counselors ◽  
High School Counselors ◽  
Recruitment Strategies ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Retention Strategies ◽  
Building Trust ◽  
Kinship Support ◽  
Support Organizations ◽  
The Us ◽  
Hard To Reach Populations

Abstract Custodial grandfamilies (CGF) comprise a small, diverse group of the US population which can make samples difficult to recruit and retain. Two online RCT studies (S1 & S2) for CGF used a variety of recruitment strategies with varying success. S1, for grandmothers (GM) only, successfully recruited from Facebook (47.95%) and community flyers (17.73%). S2, dyadic study for GM and adolescent grandchildren (AGC), recruited through emails to high school counselors (43.29%) and community (30.94%) and professional (17.13%) kinship support organizations. The advantages of online RCTs for hard-to-reach populations include expedited administration, buffering against social distancing, nationwide enrollment (S1-42 states; S2-43 states), and generalizability of findings. Challenges of online RCTs are establishing rapport and building trust with participants who are not comfortable with technology and designing screenings to identify false participants. Overall, these studies highlight the advantages of an online RCT, especially for hard-to-reach populations like custodial grandfamilies.

scholarly journals The Challenges of High School Counselors in Work Place

2012 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 4786-4792 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masoumeh Alavi ◽  
Nazanin Boujarian ◽  
Mohd Tajudin Ninggal
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
High School Counselors ◽  
Work Place

scholarly journals Community Immersion, Trust-Building, and Recruitment among Hard to Reach Populations: A Case Study of Muslim Women in Detroit Metro Area

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehri Mohebbi (Mehrsa) ◽  
Annulla Linders ◽  
Carla Chifos
Keyword(s):  
Target Population ◽  
Trust Building ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Building Trust ◽  
Research Relationship ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Hard To Reach Populations

Scholars have identified a range of factors that influence the ability of researchers to access hard-toreach groups and the willingness of their members to participate in research. In this paper, we draw on insights from both ethnographic methods and participatory action research to demonstrate the importance of building trust in our relationships with hard-to-reach participants in research based on interviews. Such trust-building, we show, is greatly facilitated by pre-recruitment immersion that aids not only the recruitment of individual participants but also improves the quality of the data collected. These methodological concerns emerged from an interview study focusing on Muslim women’s use of urban public recreational spaces in South-East Michigan. Although the first author of this paper, as a woman and a Muslim, is a formal insider in the study population, her experiences with recruitment demonstrate that the access granted by insider status is insufficient as grounds for a research relationship based on trust. This is so especially when the target population is as marginalized and embattled as the post 9/11 immigrant Muslim community. With more than two years of community immersion, however, she was able to foster enough trust to secure a large number of committed participants that spoke freely and thoughtfully about the issues at stake (78 in all).

scholarly journals “It’s Never Too Late”: High School Counselors’ Support of Underrepresented Students’ Interest in STEM

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-160
Author(s):  
Autumn L. Cabell ◽  
Dana Brookover ◽  
Amber Livingston ◽  
Ila Cartwright
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Underrepresented Students ◽  
High School Counselors ◽  
Career Interests ◽  
School Students ◽  
Diversity In Stem

The purpose of this study was to contribute to the literature surrounding school counselors and their support of underrepresented high school students who are interested in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The influence of context on school counseling was also explored, in particular practicing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through this phenomenological study, nine high school counselors were individually interviewed, and four themes emerged. These themes were: (a) professional knowledge surrounding issues of diversity in STEM, (b) training related to the needs of underrepresented students in STEM, (c) active engagement in supporting underrepresented students’ STEM career interests, and (d) barriers related to supporting underrepresented students’ STEM interests. This article includes implications for (a) how school counselors can support underrepresented students’ STEM interests, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic; (b) how counselor educators can contribute to STEM-related research and training; and (c) how school administrators can support school counselors’ STEM initiatives.

Training High School Counselors on the Use of Motivational Interviewing to Screen for Substance Abuse

2006 ◽  
Vol 26 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 31-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela J. Burke ◽  
John D. Da Silva ◽  
Brigid L. Vaughan ◽  
John R. Knight
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Motivational Interviewing ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
High School Counselors

Reaching the “Hard-to-Reach”: Recruitment of Rural-Dwelling Adults With Disabilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Whitney A. Thurman ◽  
Tracie C. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Recruitment Strategies ◽  
Rural America ◽  
Professional Networks ◽  
Research Recruitment ◽  
Adults With Disabilities ◽  
Recruitment Methods ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Hard To Reach Populations ◽  
Rural Dwellers

Introduction: There are 46 million individuals living in rural America that require unique consideration for rural health research. Recruitment of research participants from disparity groups can be difficult as these groups can be hard-to-reach. In particular, strategies for reaching rural-dwelling Americans with disabilities are not well-documented. Furthermore, researchers sometimes underestimate the time and effort needed to recruit participants from hard-to-reach populations. The purpose of this article is to report the methods used to recruit 12 rural-dwelling adults with disabilities into a qualitative study. Method: The recruitment strategies discussed in this article were used in a grounded theory study. Results: Fifty percent of the sample in this study was recruited via a community gatekeeper, 33% responded to a classified advertisement, and 17% were recruited via the researchers’ professional networks. Discussion: Lessons learned yield insights as to effective recruitment methods for rural dwellers as well as other hard-to-reach populations.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document