Reference | Sample size | Reach (% capture) | Formative research | Recruitment duration | Recruitment setting | Recruitment strategies | Recruitment barriers |
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Hasson et al. [14] | 58 families | 11.6 | Yes | – | – | – | – |
Davis et al. [15] | 68 families | 17.0 | Yes | – | – | – | – |
Ventura et al. [16] | |||||||
Azevedo et al. [17] | 252 families | – | – | – | Community | – | – |
358 parent–child dyads | 27.5 | Yes | 2 years 9 months | School | 1) Meeting with school staff | – | |
2) Printed study information | |||||||
3) Presentation to children and parents | |||||||
4) Printed study contact information | |||||||
5) Friendly manner | |||||||
Elizondo-Montemayor et al. [21] | 125 caregiver–child dyads | 9.6 | – | – | School | – | – |
249 children | 37.1 | Yes | – | School | – | – | |
235 children | – | – | 1 year 10 months | School | – | – | |
Hurley et al. [26] | |||||||
Witherspoon et al. [27] | |||||||
Weigensberg et al. [28] | 35 adolescents | 62.5 | Yes | – | Pediatric clinics, health fairs | – | School vacation |
1422 children | 91.0 | Yes | – | School and home | 1) Presentation to parents and students | – | |
2) Home visit | |||||||
Naar-King et al. [32] | 49 families | 69.0 | Yes | – | An urban adolescent medicine clinic | – | 1) Time constraint; |
2) Lack of interest | |||||||
Ritchie et al. [33] | 235 families | – | Yes | 3 years | School, community | 1) Announcements | 1) Transportation; |
Sharma et al. [34] | 2) Incentives | 2) Competing demands; | |||||
3) Distrust; | |||||||
Eisenmann et al. [35] | 434 families | 57.0 | – | – | School | – | – |
Barkin et al. [36] | 106 parent–child dyads | 22.2 | – | 4–5 months | Cooperating community agencies such as social service agencies, pediatric clinics, community centers | 1) Printed study information | 1) Transportation; |
2) Radio | 2) On-site childcare | ||||||
3) Participant referral | |||||||
Burnet et al. [37] | 29 families | – | Yes | – | Community, pediatric clinics | Printed study information | – |
222 children | 26.4 % | – | 2 years 8 months | School | Printed study information | – | |
Tkacz et al. [41] | |||||||
Petty et al. [42] | |||||||
Madsen et al. [43] | 156 children, six schools | 11.7 % , 50 %, 89.7 % | Yes | – | School | Presentation to school staff | Change in school administration |
Wickham et al. [44] | 165 adolescents | – | – | 2 years 4 months | Comprehensive weight management program | Healthcare provider referral | – |
Bean et al. [45] | 186 adolescents | – | Yes | 2 years 11 months | Health care, school, community | Healthcare provider referral | – |
119 families | 31.3 % | Yes | – | – | – | 1) Transportation; | |
2) Time constraint | |||||||
104 families | 23.9 % | Yes | – | Pediatric diabetes centers | 1) Mailed invitation letter | Funding limitation | |
2) Phone call | |||||||
127 adolescents | 69.8 % | Yes | – | Endocrinology clinic | – | – | |
Story et al. [2] | Phase I: 35–61 girls; | Phase I : not reported; | Yes | Phase I: 2.5–4 monthsa; | Community churches, community centers, community events and school | 1) Active placebo study group | Phase I: |
Rochon et al. [53] | Phase II: 261–303 girls | Phase II: 48.1 %-65.4 % | Phase II: 17 months | 2) Media adverts, stories, interviews | 1) No-treatment control group; | ||
3) Flyers to homes | 2) Parents interested in both child health and self-esteem programs, while children interested in fun programs; | ||||||
4) Presentations to families at community and school | 3) Blood draw. | ||||||
5) Separate consent for blood draw, which was not required for participation | Phase II: | ||||||
Stockton et al. [60] | 1) School vacation | ||||||
2) Study staff issues | |||||||
3) Study site locations | |||||||
Natale et al. [61] | 1105 children | – | – | – | Child care center | – | – |
Nansel et al. [62] | 390 families | 69.1 % | – |  | Pediatric endocrinology clinics | – | – |
Janicke et al. [63] | 93 parent–child dyads | 83.8 % | Yes |  | Community and school | 1) Printed study information | – |
Follansbee-Junger et al. [64] | 2) Community presentations | ||||||
Radcliff et al. [65] | 3) Toll-free line |