Table 3. Recruitment Strategy in the Children's Healthy Living (CHL) Program Childhood Obesity Prevalence Survey by Each Jurisdiction.
| Recruitment Strategy | Alaska | American Samoa | Chuuk | Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands | Guam | Hawai‘i | Kosrae | Republic of Palau | Pohnpei | Republic of the Marshall Islands | Yap | |
| School-baseda | Meet with school officials (face-to-face) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Establish MOU/Gain Approval | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| Work with community partners (potential resource to base operations from) | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| Schedule date with administrators and teachers | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| Meeting with administrators and teachers | X | X | X- | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Meeting with parents/guardians | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Recruitment materials translated | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| School distribute recruitment materials | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Advertise through community outlets | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Remind parents of measurement date | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
| Encourage parents to bring other eligible children | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Email reminders to announce at school meetings | X | |||||||||||
| Follow cultural protocols d | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| Communityb/Agency-basedc | Establish local advisory committees | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Identify organization | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
| Contact director | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| Establish MOU/Gain Approval | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Schedule meeting (face-to-face) | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Set date | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Provide recruitment materials | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| Post recruitment flyers | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Contact parents/guardians | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Follow cultural protocols d | X | X | X | X |
MOU: Memorandum of Understanding
a School: Any institution at which instruction is given in a particular discipline; an institution for educating children. This included preschools and elementary schools.
b Community-based organization: Public or private nonprofit (including a church or religious entity) that is representative of a community or a significant segment of a community, and is engaged in meeting human, educational, environmental, or public safety community needs.
c Agency-based organization: a business or organization established to provide a particular service, typically one that involves organizing transactions between two other parties.
d Cultural protocols included bringing a gift to chief, sharing food at meetings, or starting meetings with a prayer.