Table 1.
Community-based recruitment source.
| Sources of recruitment | Method | |
| Weekly tabloid newspaper, monthly recovery newsletter, papers, African American community | Posted advertisements | |
| Friend, family passed along study information | Provided fliers to participants, encouraged to share | |
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Health care
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Local clinics targeted for uninsured and underserved populations | Posted fliers, closed circuit television advertisements |
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Utilization of community partnership with local clinic (medical, mental, and dental services) | Posted fliers, closed circuit television advertisements, service presentation to educate staffed facilitators |
| Apartment buildings, grocery stores, convenience stores, nail salons, office buildings, bus stations, liquor stores, coffee shops, community hot spots | Posted fliers around the metropolitan area | |
| Community food shelves, Salvation Army | Placed fliers in bags given to consumers | |
| Community centers, women’s resource centers, neighborhood organizations, adoption agency, participation in community events (eg, national night out, health fairs), affiliation with community organizations, Minneapolis Parks | Posted fliers, tabled at hosted events |
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| American Indian Center, Division of Indian Work, American Indian Opportunities Industrialization Center, Minneapolis American Indian Center, Native Community Clinic | Enlisted assistance of member of the community for outreach, posted fliers | |
| Fliers posted in elevators on University of Minnesota campus, campus dental clinic, tobacco research program hotlines | Posted fliers | |
| Employment counselor/agency, workforce centers | Posted fliers | |
| Treatment facilities/centers, detox, transitional housing | Posted fliers | |
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Child care centers, day care facilities, schools | In service presentations for staff, tabled at parent events |
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Head start programs | Tabled at events, placed fliers in child’s bag for taking home |
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Facebook, internet, television, Craigslist | Posted advertisements |
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Radio | Participated in two radio interviews and ran a public service announcement on a local channel |
| Church, church group | Partnered with church organization of 12 local churches, provided in-service assistance, paid organization to assist with recruitment | |
| Case worker/manager, child protection worker, public health nurse, nursing agency, Women, Infants and Children clinics, community facilitators | In-service presentations to educate about project to share with clients, posted fliers at agencies | |