Development of an informational web site for recruiting research participants: Process, implementation, and evaluation

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 544-551

  Hershberger, Patricia E ^a   Kavanaugh, Karen ^a   Hamilton, Rebekah ^b   Klock, Susan C ^c   Merry, Lisa ^a   Olshansky, Ellen ^d   Pierce, Penny F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet recruitment; Internet research; Recruitment; Sensitive research; Web site development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; PATIENT SELECTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EDUCATION, CONTINUING; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT SELECTION; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 80455174762     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCN.0b013e318224b52f     Document Type: Article

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