Published on in Vol 21, No 8 (2019): August

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/14021, first published .
Using Facebook Advertising to Recruit Representative Samples: Feasibility Assessment of a Cross-Sectional Survey

Using Facebook Advertising to Recruit Representative Samples: Feasibility Assessment of a Cross-Sectional Survey

Using Facebook Advertising to Recruit Representative Samples: Feasibility Assessment of a Cross-Sectional Survey

Lance Garrett Shaver   1 , MPH ;   Ahmed Khawer   1 , MPH ;   Yanqing Yi   1 , PhD ;   Kris Aubrey-Bassler   2 , MSc, MD ;   Holly Etchegary   3 , PhD ;   Barbara Roebothan   1 , RD, PhD ;   Shabnam Asghari   1 , MD, PhD ;   Peizhong Peter Wang   1, 4, 5 , MPH, MD, PhD

1 Division of Community Health and Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, NL, Canada

2 Primary Healthcare Research Unit, Discipline of Family Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, NL, Canada

3 Clinical Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, BC, Canada

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

5 School of Public Health and Management, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China

Corresponding Author:

  • Peizhong Peter Wang, MPH, MD, PhD
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