Recruiting from the Community: Lessons Learned from the Diabetes Care for Older Adults Project.

Anderson, Lynda A.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ509658

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Publication Date: 1995

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Recruiting from the Community: Lessons Learned from the Diabetes Care for Older Adults Project.

Anderson, Lynda A.; And Others

Gerontologist, v35 n3 p395-401 Jun 1995

Analysis of the enrollment procedure for a study of an intensive, community-based diabetes management program revealed that persons who declined initially were slightly older and lived further away from the study site. Recruitment strategies were compared, revealing that press releases and newspaper advertisements were the most effective. (JPS)

Descriptors: Advertising, Aging (Individuals), Community Cooperation, Community Programs, Diabetes, Diseases, Higher Education, Older Adults, Recruitment

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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