title: Improving recruitment to health research in primary care.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Recruitment to health research is known to be problematic. However, evidence concerning ways of improving recruitment is sparse.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To outline the process of recruitment, factors impacting on recruitment success and key areas for further research and development.
  
  
  METHODS
  Narrative literature review.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This paper argues that three ways of improving recruitment should form the focus of future work: developing a repository of evidence-based techniques and methods which can be introduced by research teams; developing the infrastructure to support recruitment, especially new technologies around the electronic patient record; and increasing public engagement with research, to improve participation by both clinicians and patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Recruitment to health research in primary care remains a major hurdle, and key research and development priorities must be addressed.
authors: National Institute for Health Research School for Primary Care Research, University of Manchester, UK. peter.bower@manchester.ac.uk
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Bower
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Wallace
authors: Elaine
authors: E
authors: Ward
authors: Jonathan
authors: J
authors: Graffy
authors: Julia
authors: J
authors: Miller
authors: Brendan
authors: B
authors: Delaney
authors: Ann Louise
authors: AL
authors: Kinmonth
mesh_terms: D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D015279:Organizational Culture; D018579:Patient Selection; D011320:Primary Health Care; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic