Keeping participants on board

Increasing uptake by automated respondent reminders in an Internet-based Chlamydia Screening in the Netherlands

Bibliographic Data

ID15366264
AuthorsNynke FB Dokkum (GGD Amsterdam, corresponding author), Rik H Koekenbier (GGD Amsterdam), Ingrid VF van den Broek (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment), Jan EAM van Bergen (Aidsfonds), Elfi E H G Brouwers (0009-0004-7308-5671, GGD Zuid Limburg), Elfi EHG Brouwers, J S A Fennema (GGD Amsterdam), Johannes SA Fennema, Hannelore M Götz (0000-0002-1236-6224, GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond), C J Hoebe (0000-0003-1815-0974, GGD Zuid Limburg), Lydia L Pars (Aidsfonds), Sander M van Ravesteijn (GGD Zuid Limburg), Eline LM Op de Coul (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment)
Year2012
Volume12
Issue1
Pages176-176
Publication date2012-03-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/1471-2458-12-176
PMID22404911
PMCIDPMC3353245
OpenAlexW2080311686
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited19

Nearly all respondents (99.5%) were reachable by modern communication media. Response and participation rates increased significantly after the reminders. The reminder letters also seemed to result in reaching more people at risk. Incorporation of automated reminders in Internet-based (Chlamydia) screening programs is strongly recommended

Biostatistics · Chlamydia · Family medicine · Logistic regression · Phone · Public health · Respondent · Short Message Service · Turkish · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Nursing · Reproductive tract infections research · Immunology · Internal Medicine

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