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Table 2 Barriers to recruitment and barrier-specific facilitators

From: Researchers’ perspectives on pediatric obesity research participant recruitment

Barriers

Facilitators

Study logistics

Provide transportation to and from clinic

Provide parking for participants

Provide compensation for self-travel

Accommodate participants outside of work and

school hours (weekends, evenings, holidays)

Family economics

Provide transportation to and

from clinic

Provide parking for participants

Provide compensation for participants

Provide an incentive for participation

Family logistics

Provide child-care for other children in family

Accommodate participants outside of work and school hours (weekends, evenings, holidays)

Invasive protocols

Extensive risk vs. benefit discussion with participant and family

Provide an incentive relative to the degree of invasive protocol

Lack of buy-in from recruitment site

Provide incentives for the recruitment site

Time restraint of clinicians

Provide incentives for the clinical site

Provide personnel for a clinic specifically for research tasks

Stigma

Change the discussion from obesity-related language to health-promoting language

Uninformed participants or refusing to recognize obesity

Educate parents/caregivers and children about his or her own weight status

Change the discussion from obesity-related language to health-promoting language

Groupthink

Buy-in from recruiters who will be presenting to the children (research personnel, school personnel, etc.)

Decreased patient motivation and/or interest

Extensive risk vs. benefit discussion with participant and family

Change the discussion from obesity-related language to health-promoting language

Provide incentives for participant and caregiver