Fisheries statistics are known to be underestimated, since they are mainly based on information about commercial fisheries. However, various types of fishing activities exist and evaluating them is necessary for implementing effective management plans. This paper assesses the characteristics and catches of the French European sea bass recreational fishery along the Atlantic coasts, through the ...

Knowledge of the characteristics of survey non-respondents is important to determine generalizability to the population of interest. In a recent random-digit dialling survey of health behaviours only 73 per cent of the households contacted provided any information about household composition, and only 74 per cent of those actually completed the extended interview, for an overall response rate o...

Singer, Van Hoewyk, and Maher (2000) found that a $5 prepaid incentive markedly increased response rates during the period 1996 to 1998 on the University of Michigan’s monthly RDD Survey of Consumer Attitudes (SCA). Although this led the study to adopt that incentive, SCA’s response rate has declined sharply since then. We examine (a) whether the effect on response rates of the $5 prepaid incen...

Objective To evaluate a "telephone first" approach, in which all patients wanting to see a general practitioner (GP) are asked to speak to a GP on the phone before being given an appointment for a face to face consultation.Design Time series and cross sectional analysis of routine healthcare data, data from national surveys, and primary survey data.Participants 147 general practices adopting th...

Abstract To investigate the effect of a change from telephone to web mode on item nonresponse in panel surveys, we use experimental data two-wave survey. The treatment group changed after first wave, while control continued mode. We find that when changing web, “don’t know” answers increase moderately low level, refusal increases substantially very level. This is case for all person groups, alt...

tion in 500 general practices in England and Wales. The questionnaire is short-one side of A4 with 10 questions-and takes approximately two minutes to complete. The introductory letter, signed by the researchers, was addressed to the practice manager requesting him or her to give it to the general practitioner most involved in cervical smear testing. For the follow up of non-respondents, the pr...

Mental health is an emerging priority for health surveillance. It has not been determined that the existing data sources can adequately meet surveillance needs. The objective of this project was to explore the use of telephone surveys as a means of collecting supplementary surveillance information. A computer-assisted telephone interview was administered to 5,400 subjects in Alberta. The interv...

PROBLEM BEING ADDRESSED Family physicians lack access to psychiatrists and mental health services for patients with serious and persistent mental illnesses. OBJECTIVE OF PROGRAM To develop a mentoring program to provide FPs with education and e-mail, telephone, and face-to-face support for managing patients with mental illness. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Ontario College of Family Physicians' C...

The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) was originally conducted by using a landline telephone survey mode of data collection. To meet challenges of random-digit-dial (RDD) surveys and to ensure data quality and validity, BRFSS is integrating multiple modes of data collection to enhance validity. The survey of adults who use only cellular telephones is now conducted in parallel w...

The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a large state-based telephone survey. BRFSS is designed to monitor the leading risk factors for morbidity and mortality in the United States at the local, state, and national levels. The BRFSS has proven to be a powerful tool for building heath-promotion activities. However, the use of telephone-based, random-digit-dial (RDD) methods in ...