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- Title
Implications and Lessons Learned While Using Social Media Advertisements to Promote Longitudinal Social Network Study Participation in Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men (LMSM): A Brief Report.
- Authors
Algarin, Angel B.; Cirilo, Anthony; Pitpitan, Eileen V.; Gutierrez, Aaron; Horvath, Keith J.; Smith, Laramie R.
- Abstract
We assess the effectiveness of paid ads on social media platforms as a research recruitment tool with Latino men who have sex with men (LMSM). We deployed four paid ad campaigns July–September 2022 in English and Spanish on Meta and Grindr featuring happy or risqué images of LMSM, documenting engagement and cost metrics. The four campaigns generated a total of 1,893,738 impressions and 1078 clicks (0.057 click-through rate) with a total cost of $7,989.39. Of the 58 people who accessed the study screener, 31 completed it (53.4%), 13 were eligible (22.4%), but none enrolled. Comparing platforms, Meta had higher engagement metrics than Grindr, while Grindr had higher proportions of those who completed the screener (57.9%) and were eligible (26.3%) than Meta (52.6% and 21.0%, respectively). Challenges to using paid ads as an LMSM recruitment tool included intersecting pandemics (Mpox, COVID-19), and limited connection between platforms and staff for study enrollment.
- Subjects
SOCIAL media; MONKEYPOX; SOCIAL networks; HISPANIC Americans; ADVERTISING
- Publication
Journal of Urban Health, 2024, Vol 101, Issue 3, p648
- ISSN
1099-3460
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11524-024-00848-w