The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Online Recruitment of Parents for Health-Related Focus Groups: Lessons Learned

Susan Quach   ¹ , MSc ;   Jennifer A Pereira   ¹ , PhD ;   Margaret L Russell   ² , MD, PhD ;   Anne E Wormsbecker   ^{1, 3} , MD, MPH ;   Hilary Ramsay   ⁴ , BA ;   Lois Crowe   ⁴ , BA ;   Sherman D Quan   ⁵ , MSc ;   Jeff Kwong   ^{1, 6, 7, 8, 9} , MD, MSc, CCFP, FRCPC

¹ Public Health Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada

² University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

³ Division of Paediatric Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁴ Bruyere Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁵ Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, ON, Canada

⁶ School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁷ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁸ Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁹ University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada