How to motivate participation in HES? EHES Training Material.
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How to motivate participation in HES?
EHES Training Material
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The purpose of recruitment
• The goal is to achieve as high participation as possible• Ensure that the sample represents the target population• Challenging, but necessary for reliable results
• The recruitment process depends on:• National legislation• Survey budget• Cultural norms• Ethical acceptance
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Invitation should be motivating
• Invitation by a letter• Information leaflet with the invitation to raise interest• Phone call may follow the invitation letter
• Important to pay attention to all written materials• Invitation letter: informative, convincing and professional • Information leaflet: interesting (use colors and pictures),
relevant and concise
• Re-invitations should be made, if the person is not reached by the first invitation• Second invitation letter, phone calls, home visits (if
feasible)
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What motivates participation?
• Importance and relevance of the survey • For public health and for the participant
• Receiving personal benefits:• New information on health and health risks• Incentives (voucher, cash or gift) or
compensation for travel costs• Requests for help
• Social responsibility• Statements of confidentiality• Using all relevant languages
• Helps recruiting also ethnic minorities
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Practical matters and motivation
• Flexibility in scheduling appointment• Availability of evening and weekend appointment times• Possibility to drop in (without appointment)
• Duration of the examination visit • Not too extensive
• Location for the examination• Parking space• Access with public transportation• Distance
• Home visits• Additional option for e.g. people who are unable or
unwilling to participate otherwise
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Survey personnel
• Competent and motivated survey personnel play an important role in recruitment • Follow survey protocol • Understand the importance of high participation rate• Be ready to give answers to frequently asked
questions and to motivate participants• Be flexible and act in a professional and polite way
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Actions for increasing awareness and motivation
• Promotion of the survey through media• Raising general awareness of the survey
• Reaching and motivating selected
persons • National media campaigns• Local media campaigns before fieldwork • Interviews in radio and TV • Newspapers• Posters and leaflets • Pre-notification before invitation• Survey website, social media
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Improving participation through co-operation
• Provide information about the survey to:• National and local health authorities and
health professionals • Local government • Other places that are important for the
community
• Cooperate with • Regional or local hospitals, GP offices, health
centres • Non-governmental organizations• Research centers and universities
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Actions increasing participation during fieldwork
• Personal contact is more effective• Phone call• Home visit
• Appointment reminder (e.g. day before the appointment)• Text message or e-mail • Phone call
• Multiple contact attempts
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Motivating participants during fieldwork
• Possibility to ask questions and to reschedule appointments• Contact persons should be easy to reach
• At the examination site:• Comfortable facilities and fluent examinations
with short waiting times• Offering breakfast or snack between or after
examination• Friendly atmosphere among survey personnel
and towards participants• Encouraging feedback on measurements
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After the examination
• Participants need to feel appreciated• Participants expect feedback on
personal results
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Acknowledgements• Slides
• Sanna Ahonen, Päivikki Koponen, Hanna Tolonen• Photographs
• Hanna Tolonen and photo bank images