title: Experiences recruiting Indian worksites for an integrated health protection and health promotion randomized control trial in Maharashtra, India.
abstract: This article provides an overview of the recruitment strategies utilized in the Mumbai Worksites Tobacco Control Study, a cluster randomized trial testing the effectiveness of an integrated tobacco control and occupational safety and health program in Indian manufacturing worksites. From June 2012 to June 2013, 20 companies were recruited. Companies were identified using association lists, referrals, internet searches and visits to industrial areas. Four hundred eighty companies were contacted to validate information, introduce the study and seek an in-person meeting with a company representative. Eighty-three company representatives agreed to meet. Of those 83 companies, 55 agreed to a formal 'pitch meeting' with key decision makers at the company. Seventy-seven recruitment 'pitches' were given, including multiple meetings in the same companies. If the company was interested, we obtained a letter of participation and employee roster. Based on this experience, recommendations are made that can help inform future researchers and practitioners wishing to recruit Indian worksites. When compared with recruitment of US manufacturing worksites, recruitment of Indian worksites lacked current industrial lists of companies to serve as a sampling frame, and required more in-person visits, incentives for control companies and more assurances around confidentiality to allow occupational safety and health experts into their worksite.
authors: Center for Community Based-Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai 400614, India, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA and New England Research Institutes, Watertown, MA 02472, USA laura.shulmanMPH@gmail.com.
authors: L Shulman
authors: LS
authors: Cordeira
authors: Center for Community Based-Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai 400614, India, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA and New England Research Institutes, Watertown, MA 02472, USA.
authors: M S
authors: MS
authors: Pednekar
authors: Center for Community Based-Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai 400614, India, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA and New England Research Institutes, Watertown, MA 02472, USA Center for Community Based-Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai 400614, India, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA and New England Research Institutes, Watertown, MA 02472, USA.
authors: E M
authors: EM
authors: Nagler
authors: Center for Community Based-Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai 400614, India, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA and New England Research Institutes, Watertown, MA 02472, USA.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Gautam
authors: Center for Community Based-Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai 400614, India, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA and New England Research Institutes, Watertown, MA 02472, USA.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Wallace
authors: Center for Community Based-Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai 400614, India, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA and New England Research Institutes, Watertown, MA 02472, USA.
authors: A M
authors: AM
authors: Stoddard
authors: Center for Community Based-Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai 400614, India, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA and New England Research Institutes, Watertown, MA 02472, USA.
authors: P C
authors: PC
authors: Gupta
authors: Center for Community Based-Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai 400614, India, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA and New England Research Institutes, Watertown, MA 02472, USA Center for Community Based-Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai 400614, India, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA and New England Research Institutes, Watertown, MA 02472, USA.
authors: G C
authors: GC
authors: Sorensen
mesh_terms: D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D016272:Occupational Health; D018579:Patient Selection; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D017132:Workplace