Table 3. Public disclosure activities.
| III. Public Disclosure | ||||
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| Total sites participating (% of 15 sites) | Sites with participant information | Total participants (Range Per Site) | Examples | |
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| Mailings | ||||
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| Physicians | 10(67%) | 5 | 464 (1-148)* | Letter to referring physicians/Letter to County Medical Society |
| Seizure Patients and Parents | 5 (33%) | 1 | 694 (132-562)* | Letter to ED and past Children's Health Clinic Patients/Letter to Epilepsy Support Group Foundation Members |
| Schools and Public Officials | 3 (20%) | 1 | 133 (1-133)* | Letter to PTA Leaders within 10 miles of hospital/Letters to Public Officials inviting them to General Community Meeting |
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| Public Media | Not Available | |||
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| TV | 5 (33%) | 5 | TV Interview given by PI/TV PSA | |
| Radio | 5 (33%) | 5 | Radio PSA | |
| Press Releases | 3 (20%) | 3 | Press Release announcing Study/Press Release announcing Community Meetings | |
| Print/Online Media | 12 (80%) | 12 | Newspaper Article/National Study website/Hospital website/Site Study Website | |
| Telephone | 1 (7%) | 1 | 24-hour hotline | |
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| In-Hospital | Not Available | |||
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| Flyers | 5 (33%) | 5 | ED/Neurology Clinic Waiting Rooms | |
| Brochures | 7 (47%) | 7 | ED/Neurology Waiting and Exam Rooms | |
| Online | 6 (40%) | 6 | Ad placed on Hospital website/Announcement via Hospital's Facebook and Twitter pages | |
| Telephone | 2 (13%) | 2 | Recording on Hospital on-hold message/Toll-free local number for community members to leave messages | |
| Posters | 9 (60%) | 9 | ED waiting rooms, neurology clinics, individual ED pt. rooms, general clinic research waiting rooms, main hospital entrances, information boards outside hospital elevators | |
| Interpersonal Newsletter | 3 (20%) | 3 | Study announcement on hospital in-house newsletter for Medical Staff/Article in Hospital E-Newsletter | |
*
= unreliable average due to low site reporting