Zippo would love to sell a few more lighters in New Jersey, of course, but it is really interested in reaching hard-smoking fans in Russia.
Rescue and relief efforts have swung into action, albeit hampered by the constraints of reaching hard-hit communities in remote, mountainous areas.
The program, which provides take-home materials to educate families about the census, proved effective in reaching hard-to-count populations during the 2000 census.
Providing mental health services by real-time videoconferencing has been increasingly adopted as a method of reaching hard-to-serve populations since the early 1990s.
This hypothesis is based on the argument that, the local volunteer enumerators of citizen-led surveys are likely to be more sensitive to the specificities of local population distribution and (recent) changes than those centrally trained; and may be more effective at reaching hard-to reach groups such as those nomadic groups and those in urban slums.
Reaching hard-hit areas with supplies is expected to be a significant challenge due to damaged roads and infrastructure, including the main airport and government buildings.
As overall vaccine coverage levels rise, microplanning increasingly focuses on reaching hard-to-reach populations, whether defined in geographic, socioeconomic, cultural, or other terms.
By providing a direct quantitative comparison of the health impact of these two strategies for reaching hard-to-access populations, this paper responds to calls from leaders in epidemiology and public health for research into implementation strategies in high-mortality settings [ 1, 35, 36].
Lastly, although RDS is effective in reaching hard-to-reach populations, it is based on a dual incentive regime; therefore, financial reward may attract more low-income people to participate in the study which may limit the representativeness of the sample [ 30].
