Participant Insights: Centering a Youth Voice to Improve Recruitment

Friday, October 25, 2024

1:45 PM – 2:15 PM CT

Location: KC Convention Center, Poster 4A

Presenter(s)

Elaine M. Maccio, PhD, LCSW (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor, MSW Program Director, Associate Director of the School of Social Work
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Shawndaya S. Thrasher, PhD, MSW, LMSW, MA (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA, United States

Youth experiencing homelessness are a hidden population and thus difficult to find and recruit as participants in research. Centering the voice of one such youth, we present strategies to consider when recruiting youth from this population.

Learning Objectives:

identify hidden or hard-to-find/hard-to-reach populations.
anticipate incentive expectations among youth experiencing homelessness.
apply youth-generated suggestions for participant recruitment.