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Development and Evaluation of Research Methods, Instruments and Tools (1223) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (2604) Electronic/Mobile Data Capture, Internet-based Survey & Research Methodology (1695) Demographics of Users, Social & Digital Divide (1250) Equity and Digital Divide (495) Recruitment of Research Participants (456) Engagement with and Adherence to Digital Health Interventions, Law of Attrition (781)

Published on in Vol 9 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/68093, first published .
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Using Social Media to Engage and Enroll Underrepresented Populations: Longitudinal Digital Health Research

Using Social Media to Engage and Enroll Underrepresented Populations: Longitudinal Digital Health Research

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Christiana Harry1 Author Orcid Image ;   Sarah Goodday1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Carol Chapman3 Author Orcid Image ;   Emma Karlin1 Author Orcid Image ;   April Joy Damian4 Author Orcid Image ;   Alexa Brooks1 Author Orcid Image ;   Adrien Boch5 Author Orcid Image ;   Nelly Lugo6 Author Orcid Image ;   Rebecca McMillan7 Author Orcid Image ;   Jonell Tempero8 Author Orcid Image ;   Ella Swanson1 Author Orcid Image ;   Shannon Peabody9 Author Orcid Image ;   Diane McKenzie1 Author Orcid Image ;   Stephen Friend1, 2 Author Orcid Image
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