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Table 1 Overview of the implemented recruitment strategies in each Moluccan district

From: Involving hard-to-reach ethnic minorities in low-budget health research: lessons from a health survey among Moluccans in the Netherlands

Moluccan district

Strategy (N)

Key informants

Indirect recruitment strategies

Direct recruitment strategies

N

Activea

Announcement letter

Local media

Social media

Community organizations

Information meeting

Door-to-door

Maastricht

2

5

Yes

X

    

X

Den Helder

2

1

Yes

X

   

X

 

Bovensmilde

4

4

Yes

X

  

X

X

X

Lunteren

3

3

Yes

X

X

X

   

Breukelen

3

1

No

X

X

  

X

 

Waalwijk

2

1

Yes

X

    

X

Nistelrode

4

2

Yes

X

X

X

 

X

 

Middelburg

0

1

Yes

      

Oost-Souburg/Vlissingen

4

1

No

X

X

X

 

X

 

Zwolle

2

3

No

X

    

X

Vught

1

1

Yes

  

X

   

Assen

2

5

No

X

 

X

   

Capelle a/d Ijssel

4

0

No

X

X

X

  

X

Ridderkerk

1

2

No

  

X

   

Groningen

1

2

No

X

     

Hoogeveen

2

2

No

  

X

X

  

Vaassen

5

2

Yes

X

X

X

X

X

 

Wierden

2

1

No

  

X

 

X

 

Breda

1

1

No

X

     
  1. aActivity level: key informants were considered to be ‘active’ if they made major effort during the recruitment process (see text for the details)