Strategies for engaging “hard-to-reach” populations in a panel for digital health research: A qualitative study among experts

Corine Oldhoff-Nuijsink; Mirjam P. Fransen; Linda W. Peute; Marloes E. Derksen

doi:10.1371/journal.pdig.0001033

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Strategies for engaging “hard-to-reach” populations in a panel for digital health research: A qualitative study among experts

Corine Oldhoff-Nuijsink ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: c.nuijsink@amsterdamumc.nl

Affiliations Amsterdam UMC, location University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Informatics, eHealth Living & Learning Lab Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Digital Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5834-399X

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Mirjam P. Fransen,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Digital Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam UMC, location University of Amsterdam, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Quality of Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Centre for Prevention, Lifestyle and Health, Department of Behavior and Health, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Linda W. Peute,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Amsterdam UMC, location University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Informatics, eHealth Living & Learning Lab Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Digital Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Marloes E. Derksen

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Amsterdam UMC, location University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Informatics, eHealth Living & Learning Lab Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Digital Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Quality of Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Strategies for engaging “hard-to-reach” populations in a panel for digital health research: A qualitative study among experts

Corine Oldhoff-Nuijsink,
Mirjam P. Fransen,
Linda W. Peute,
Marloes E. Derksen

Published: October 9, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0001033

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