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Feasibility of Internet health screening to recruit college students to an online smoking cessation intervention 

Authors: Lawrence C. An a;  Deborah J. Hennrikus b;  Cheryl L. Perry b;  Emily B. Lein a;  Colleen Klatt c;  Dana M. Farley d;  Robin L. Bliss e;  Unto E. Pallonen f;  Harry A. Lando b;  Edward P. Ehlinger d; Jasjit S. Ahluwalia a
Affiliations:   a Department of Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota,
b Department of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota,
c Department of Communications Studies, University of Minnesota,
d Boynton Student Health Services, University of Minnesota,
e University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN
f University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
DOI: 10.1080/14622200601083418
Publication Frequency: 12 issues per year
Published in: journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Volume 9, Issue S1 January 2007 , pages S11 - S18
Formats available: HTML (English) : PDF (English)

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Reason for change: Changed Publisher
Now published by: Oxford University Press



Abstract

Internet-based cessation programs are promising. However, little information exists on how to recruit college smokers to participate in online interventions. Two studies assessed the feasibility of Internet health screening as a recruitment strategy for college smokers. The Internet Survey Study compared Internet (n = 735), mail (n = 1,490), and phone (n = 550) surveys as means to identify college smokers. The RealU Recruitment Study described the use of an Internet-based general health screening survey (N = 25,000) to recruit for an online cessation trial. The Internet Survey Study showed that, despite large differences in response rates (Internet = 38%, mail = 47%, phone = 90%; p<.001), the rates of past-month tobacco use were similar (Internet = 35%, mail = 38%, phone = 34%; p = .35). Among past-month users, a greater proportion reported daily use on the Internet (33%) and phone (37%) surveys versus the mail survey (23%, p = .007). In the RealU Recruitment Study, 517 college smokers were recruited in 1 week. The Internet survey response rate was 26%, the prevalence of current smoking was 29%, the eligibility rate was 87%, and the enrollment rate was 32% (517/1,618). Internet health screening can be used to quickly identify and enroll large numbers of college smokers in an online smoking cessation intervention.
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