Adapting Peer Researcher Facilitated Strategies to Recruit People Receiving Mental Health Services to a Tobacco Treatment Trial

Baker, Amanda L; McCarter, Kristen; Brophy, Lisa; Castle, David; Kelly, Peter J; Cocks, Nadine; Mckinlay, Melissa; Brasier, Catherine; Borland, Ron; Bonevski, Billie; Segan, Catherine; Baird, Donita E; Turner, Alyna; Williams, Jill M; Forbes, Erin; Hayes, Laura; Attia, John; Lambkin, David; Barker, Daniel; Sweeney, Rohan

doi:10.26181/20000864.v2

Adapting Peer Researcher Facilitated Strategies to Recruit People Receiving Mental Health Services to a Tobacco Treatment Trial

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posted on 2024-07-12, 02:03 authored by Amanda L Baker, Kristen McCarter, Lisa BrophyLisa Brophy, David Castle, Peter J Kelly, Nadine Cocks, Melissa Mckinlay, Catherine Brasier, Ron Borland, Billie Bonevski, Catherine Segan, Donita E Baird, Alyna Turner, Jill M Williams, Erin Forbes, Laura Hayes, John Attia, David Lambkin, Daniel Barker, Rohan Sweeney

One of the most challenging aspects of conducting intervention trials among people who experience severe mental illness (SMI) and who smoke tobacco, is recruitment. In our parent “QuitLink” randomized controlled trial (RCT), slower than expected peer researcher facilitated recruitment, along with the impact of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, necessitated an adaptive recruitment response. The objectives of the present study were to: (i) describe adaptive peer researcher facilitated recruitment strategies; (ii) explore the effectiveness of these strategies; (iii) investigate whether recruitment strategies reached different subgroups of participants; and (iv) examine the costs and resources required for implementing these strategies. Finally, we offer experience-based lessons in a Peer Researcher Commentary.

History

Publication Date

2022-05-26

Journal

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volume

13

Article Number

869169

Pagination

14p.

Publisher

Frontiers Media SA

ISSN

1664-0640

Rights Statement

© 2022 Baker, McCarter, Brophy, Castle, Kelly, Cocks, McKinlay, Brasier, Borland, Bonevski, Segan, Baird, Turner, Williams, Forbes, Hayes, Attia, Lambkin, Barker and Sweeney. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.