Use of Telephone Surveys to Collect Research Data
American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM)

The November 2006 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine contains a series of articles on the use of random-digit-dial (RDD) telephone surveys to collect research data on sensitive topics, such as experiences with violence and involvement in high risk behaviors. Six articles, authored by CDC and non-CDC scientists, cover topics including incentives for participation, interviewer training, nonresponse error, and alternatives to RDD surveys . These articles include recommendations for improving RDD survey research that are both practical and ethical. 

Citation: American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 31, Issue 5, Pages 406-450.

• Can We Talk? Importance of Random-Digit-Dial Surveys for Injury Prevention Research

• Incentives for Survey Participation
  When Are They “Coercive”?

• Sensitive Topics, Survey Nonresponse, and
  Considerations for Interviewer Training

• Nonresponse Error in Injury-Risk Surveys

• Complementing Random-Digit-Dial Telephone
  Surveys with Other Approaches to Collecting
  Sensitive Data

• The Future of Random-Digit-Dial Surveys for Injury
  Prevention and Violence Research