TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Successful recruitment strategies for prevention programs targeting children of parents with mental health challenges: an international study
JO  - Child and youth services
A1  - Doesum, Karin T. M. Van
A1  - Riebschleger, Joanne
A1  - Carroll, Jessica
A1  - Grové, Christine
A1  - Lauritzen, Camilla
A1  - Mordoch, Elaine
A1  - Skerfving, Annemi
SP  - 156
EP  - 174
VL  - 37
IS  - 2
N2  - Research substantiates children of parents with mental disorders including substance abuse face increased risk for emotional and behavioral problems. Although evidence suggests that support programs for children enhance resiliency, recruiting children to these groups remains problematic. This study identifies successful recruitment strategies for prevention programs for children of parental mental illness. The participants were recruited from an international network of researchers. E-mail invitations requested that researchers forward a web-based questionnaire to five colleagues with recruitment experience. Forty-five individuals from nine countries practicing in mental health responded. Descriptive statistics and qualitative content analysis techniques were used. <br><br>RESULTS: Schools, adult, and youth mental health services were recruitment sources. Nine themes were identified: Relationships, diversified information output, logistics, program consistency, family involvement, recruitment through adults, stigma, recruiting locations, social media. Recruitment barriers were: stigma, inadequate knowledge about parental mental illness and limited time. Transportation to programming was an essential component of successful recruitment.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-935X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0145935X.2016.1104075
ID  - ref1
ER  -