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Article

Proactive and Reactive Recruitment of Black and Latino Adolescents in a Vaping Prevention Randomized Controlled Trial

by
Francisco Cartujano-Barrera
1,*,
Ruthmarie Hernández-Torres
1,
Rafael H. Orfin
1,
Arlette Chávez-Iñiguez
1,
Olga Alvarez Lopez
1,
Chiamaka Azogini
1,
Diana Bermudez
2,
Evelyn Arana-Chicas
1,
Xueya Cai
3,
Scott McIntosh
1,
Deborah J. Ossip
1 and
Ana Paula Cupertino
1
1
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
2
Hackensack High School, Hackensack Public Schools, Hackensack, NJ 07601, USA
3
Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Children 2022, 9(7), 937; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9070937
Submission received: 19 May 2022 / Revised: 15 June 2022 / Accepted: 20 June 2022 / Published: 22 June 2022
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assesses the effectiveness of proactive and reactive methods in the recruitment of Black and Latino adolescents into a vaping-prevention randomized controlled trial (RCT). This study also assessed the characteristics of study participants by recruitment method. Proactive recruitment strategies included study presentations at community-based events (e.g., festivals, health fairs), school-based events (e.g., back-to-school events, after-school programs), and recreational centers (e.g., fitness centers, malls). Reactive recruitment strategies included study advertisements via social media (e.g., Facebook posts shared by local community-based organizations), word of mouth, and an academic-based research hub. Using proactive and reactive methods, in a 4-month period, 362 Black and Latino adolescents were successfully enrolled into the RCT. Compared to the proactive method, adolescents screened reactively were equally likely to be eligible but significantly more likely to enroll in the study. However, both proactive and reactive strategies made notable contributions to the overall recruitment effort. Moreover, proactive and reactive methods attracted adolescents with different characteristics (e.g., age, gender, sexual orientation, etc.). These findings suggest that both proactive and reactive recruitment strategies should be implemented for studies interested in recruiting a diverse sample of Black and Latino adolescents.
Keywords: adolescence; recruitment; tobacco control; vaping; Blacks; Latinos adolescence; recruitment; tobacco control; vaping; Blacks; Latinos

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Cartujano-Barrera, F.; Hernández-Torres, R.; Orfin, R.H.; Chávez-Iñiguez, A.; Alvarez Lopez, O.; Azogini, C.; Bermudez, D.; Arana-Chicas, E.; Cai, X.; McIntosh, S.; et al. Proactive and Reactive Recruitment of Black and Latino Adolescents in a Vaping Prevention Randomized Controlled Trial. Children 2022, 9, 937. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9070937

AMA Style

Cartujano-Barrera F, Hernández-Torres R, Orfin RH, Chávez-Iñiguez A, Alvarez Lopez O, Azogini C, Bermudez D, Arana-Chicas E, Cai X, McIntosh S, et al. Proactive and Reactive Recruitment of Black and Latino Adolescents in a Vaping Prevention Randomized Controlled Trial. Children. 2022; 9(7):937. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9070937

Chicago/Turabian Style

Cartujano-Barrera, Francisco, Ruthmarie Hernández-Torres, Rafael H. Orfin, Arlette Chávez-Iñiguez, Olga Alvarez Lopez, Chiamaka Azogini, Diana Bermudez, Evelyn Arana-Chicas, Xueya Cai, Scott McIntosh, and et al. 2022. "Proactive and Reactive Recruitment of Black and Latino Adolescents in a Vaping Prevention Randomized Controlled Trial" Children 9, no. 7: 937. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9070937

APA Style

Cartujano-Barrera, F., Hernández-Torres, R., Orfin, R. H., Chávez-Iñiguez, A., Alvarez Lopez, O., Azogini, C., Bermudez, D., Arana-Chicas, E., Cai, X., McIntosh, S., Ossip, D. J., & Cupertino, A. P. (2022). Proactive and Reactive Recruitment of Black and Latino Adolescents in a Vaping Prevention Randomized Controlled Trial. Children, 9(7), 937. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9070937

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