141st APHA Annual Meeting

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Recruiting sex educators to evaluate innovative training program: Two successful approaches

Monday, November 4, 2013

Regina Firpo-Triplett, MPH, MCHES , Center for Sexual and Reproductive Health Promotion, ETR Associates and Monarch Media, Scotts Valley, CA
Bayla Greenspoon, MA , Center for Sexual and Reproductive Health Promotion, ETR Associates, Scotts Valley, CA
The key learnings of two recent and challenging randomized control trial recruitment components will be shared. In the first study, high school sex educators were recruited to teach an evidence-based curriclum, and in the second, pairs of out-of-school community workers were recruited to lead an evidence-based program with youth and their parents. The step by step process to get potential participants successfully enrolled in the study began with peaking their interest thru primarily online outlets, gaining initial information from an online interest survey, requiring their attendance at a live informational webinar, connecting by phone, and getting a signed agreement for particpation. Print materials, online outlets, advertising, and conferences were used to spread the word. The relative effectiveness of these strategies will be shared. Different approaches were used to provide additional information to potential participants, such as print a recruitment website, print materials, personal phone calls, direct email communication, live webinars and pre-recorded webinars. The relative effectivness of these strategies will be shared. Specific strategies for recruiting pairs of educators were used.

Learning Areas:
Communication and informatics
Conduct evaluation related to programs, research, and other areas of practice
Diversity and culture
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
Describe successful strategies to “get the word out” to school educators and out-of-school community workers Discuss the different between effective and ineffective means of educating potential study participants using materials and educational sessions Describe the step by step process to get potential participants successfully enrolled in the study Explain specific strategies for recruiting pairs of educators

Keywords: Behavioral Research, Sexual Risk Behavior

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Principal Investigator for the current NIH, NIMH FOY 24/7 Project which successfully recruited a large number of out of school sex educator particpants for a current randomized controlled trial (RCT). As PI, I just concluded a previous NIMH funded RCT where we recruited a large number of in-school sex educator participants.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.