The Use of Advocates and Incentives to Increase Consent Return Rates

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Abstract

There is substantial unmet need for eye care in the pediatric population. Schools often provide vision screenings to identify these students, but screenings alone will not solve the service gap. One increasingly common solution is school-based eye care, yet collecting the needed consent forms can be difficult. The purpose of this study is to compare the consent return rate with additional staff support, as well as with additional support and teacher incentives. A non-concurrent multiple baseline design was employed. Both support and support + incentives were effective at increasing consent return rates, but maximizing consent return relies on both school vision advocates to prepare teachers with the necessary resources as well as incentives to provide the motivation and energy.

Authors

• Amanda Inns, Johns Hopkins University

• Rani Mukherjee, Johns Hopkins University

• Christine SySantos Levy, Johns Hopkins University

• Robert Slavin, Johns Hopkins University

• Nancy Madden, Success for All Foundation

• Michael X. Repka, Johns Hopkins University

• David Friedman, Johns Hopkins University

• Megan Collins, Johns Hopkins University