Can respondent driven sampling be used to recruit new mothers? A mixed methods study in metropolitan Washington DC

• Rebecca F. Carlin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

  Affiliations Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Benjamin Cornwell,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• Jichuan Wang,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Translational Science, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Yao Cheng,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Strategic Innovative Solutions, LLC, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States of America

  Affiliation Center for Translational Science, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Anita Mathews,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Rosalind P. Oden,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Linda Y. Fu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Rachel Y. Moon

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: rym4z@virginia.edu

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0186-8138

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