Guide
Recruiting for women's health research: the complete guide
Why women's health studies are harder to fill than most, and the practical ways research teams in the UK solve it.
For researchers
Practical guidance on recruiting, screening, paying and protecting participants in women's health studies.
For researchers
How to find participants for a study when the condition is rare
Sample sizes fall apart when the condition is uncommon or stigmatised. Here are the recruitment routes that work, what each one costs you, and where bias creeps in.
For researchers
How to write screening criteria for menopause studies
Perimenopause has no single test, so your screener has to do the work. Here is wording that separates the stages without asking women to self-diagnose.
For researchers
UK GDPR and health data in research recruitment
Special category data, lawful bases, anonymisation and the paperwork your ethics committee will ask for, in plain language.
For researchers
How much to pay research participants in the UK
A defensible way to set incentives, what ethics committees look for, and why women's health studies often need to pay more.