Effects of an introductory letter on response rates to a teen/parent telephone health survey

Evaluation Review

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 817-823

  Woodruff, Susan I ^a   Mayer, Joni A ^a   Clapp, Elizabeth ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation rate; Presurvey letter; Response rate; Telephone survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PARENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CONNECTICUT; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CORRESPONDENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PARENTS; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 33750691362     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X05285662     Document Type: Article

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