Lessons Learned From Adolescent Mothers: Advice on Recruitment

• DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12142
• Publication Date: 2015-05-12T22:49:05Z
• Authors: M. Cynthia Logsdon; Vicki Hines Martin; Reetta Stikes; Deborah Davis; Lesa Ryan; Iren Yang; Jean Edward; Jeff Rushton
• Keywords: CLARITY; Depression

Adolescent mothers have high rates of depressive symptoms and inadequate depression evaluation treatment. The purpose this qualitative study was to identify characteristics effective recruitment ads for an Internet-based intervention pregnant parenting adolescents.Using focus group methods, participants (N = 35) were recruited enrolled at a teen parent program, part the public school system. Focus sessions analyzed participant preferences, rationale choices, key words, frequency words within videotapes audiotapes.Findings indicated that adolescent preferred pictures in which everyone looked happy, narrative clearly cost eligibility, they would use conversation.The filled important gap literature by soliciting from adolescents their preferences regarding visual appeal, content adequacy, message clarity advertisements motivate them visit Internet depression. Results could be extrapolated education clinical settings.