While the importance of including vulnerable populations in research is widely acknowledged, the differential effects of COVID-19 on vulnerable populations necessitated thoughtful participant recruitment. This research note describes one team's attempt at conducting a longitudinal, mixed-methods study during the COVID-19 pandemic with women in the perinatal period who had experienced intimate partner violence. Initial recruitment strategies are provided, as well as the ways in which those initial efforts necessitated revision and redesign.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To provide information from a large sample of pediatric and family medicine primary care providers on practices in screening children for behavioral health risks.
Design And Methods: Participants were a sample of physicians (n=319) and nurse practitioners (n=292) from across the U.S.
Objective: To understand the processes that couples navigate as they cope with maternal postpartum depression (PPD) in early parenthood.
Design: Qualitative, interpretive phenomenological study.
Setting: Community setting in the western United States.