Language as a determinant of participation rates in Finnish health examination surveys.

Hanna Tolonen; Päivikki Koponen; Katja Borodulin; Satu Männistö; Markku Peltonen; Erkki Vartiainen

doi:10.1177/1403494817725243

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Language as a determinant of participation rates in Finnish health examination surveys.

Authors

Tolonen, Hanna¹
Koponen, Päivikki¹
Borodulin, Katja¹
Männistö, Satu¹
Peltonen, Markku¹
Vartiainen, Erkki¹

¹ Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institute of Health and Welfare, Finland. , (Finland)

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Published Article

Journal

Scandinavian journal of public health

Publication Date

Aug 01, 2017

Identifiers

DOI: 10.1177/1403494817725243

PMID: 28844185

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Medline

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Abstract

The participation rate for the foreign language group was significantly lower than for the Finnish and Swedish groups. In future surveys it will be important to include actions to promote participation, e.g. providing survey material in several languages. These actions will increase costs but will be essential to ensure high participation rates and reliable results for the total population.

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