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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Behav. 2021 Sep 4;124:107112. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107112

Table 3.

Differences in screening, eligibility, and enrollment ratesa by recruitment strategies and racial/ethnic groupsb.

Recruitment Strategies African American
N (%)
Hispanic/Latino
N (%)
White
N (%)
P-value
Screening
All N=397 N=329 N=96
 Proactive Recruitment 23 (63.9) 6 (16.7) 7 (19.4) 0.0005
 Reactive Recruitment
  Word-of-Mouth 194 (70.3) 63 (22.8) 19 (6.9) <0.0001
  Newspaper 23 (21.5) 56 (52.3) 28 (26.2) 0.0001
  Flyer 100 (42.2) 118 (49.8) 19 (8.0) <0.0001
  Community Partner 25 (53.2) 17 (36.2) 5 (10.6) 0.0016
  Online 32 (28.6) 64 (57.1) 16 (14.3) <0.0001
  Radio & Television --- 5 (71.4) 2 (28.6) ---
Eligibility
All N=203 N=217 N=67
 Proactive Recruitment 12 (75.0) 2 (12.5) 2 (12.5) 0.0019
 Reactive Recruitment
  Word-of-Mouth 102 (66.2) 38 (24.7) 14 (9.1) <0.0001
  Newspaper 10 (13.0) 47 (61.0) 20 (26.0) <0.0001
  Flyer 43 (34.4) 69 (55.2) 13 (10.4) <0.0001
  Community Partner 14 (53.8) 8 (30.8) 4 (15.4) 0.0538
  Online 22 (26.5) 49 (59.0) 12 (14.5) <0.0001
  Radio & Television --- 4 (66.7) 2 (33.3) ---
Enrollment
All N=98 N=73 N=23
 Proactive Recruitment 9 (75.0) 2 (16.7) 1 (8.3) .0086
 Reactive Recruitment
  Word-of-Mouth 48 (73.9) 10 (15.4) 7 (10.8) <0.0001
  Newspaper 1 (4.8) 15 (71.4) 5 (23.8) 0.0006
  Flyer 26 (49.1) 23 (43.4) 4 (7.6) 0.0003
  Community Partner 8 (50.0) 6 (37.5) 2 (12.5) 0.1737
  Online 6 (24.0) 15 (60.0) 4 (16.0) 0.0162
  Radio & Television --- 2 (100.0) --- ---
a

Pairwise difference between racial/ethnic groups

b

We included in the analysis only those who were reached out using nontargeted strategies.

Participants who were enrolled by the Hispanic/Latino targeted recruitment strategies were excluded from this analysis (n=15).

Bolded values indicate statistically significant findings at p<.05.