Occupational screenings: recruitment of government employees

Occupational screening involving government employees represents a recruitment source with relatively high volumes of initial contacts and entries, a low ratio of entries to initial contacts, and a relatively high effort level requirement for the recruitment team. In the CPPT, nine centers made significant use of this strategy, to provide 11% of total initial contacts, 8% of first protocol visits and 7% of entries. Screening of government employees is costly and involves careful planning and implementation of complex arrangements. Shorter than expected lag-times were associated with local government sources. The tendency toward requiring screening of age- and sex-ineligible persons also characterized this strategy.