Recruitment and retention strategies for an urban adolescent study: Lessons learned from a multi-center study of community-based asthma self-management intervention for adolescents

Intervention studies with urban adolescents and families affected by asthma are critical to improving the disproportionate morbidity in this population. Community-based recruitment and retention strategies in a multi-site longitudinal project evaluating an asthma self-management intervention for ado...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of adolescence (London, England.) Jg. 65; S. 123 - 132
Hauptverfasser: Grape, Annette, Rhee, Hyekyun, Wicks, Mona, Tumiel-Berhalter, Laurene, Sloand, Elizabeth
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: England Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2018
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
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ISSN:0140-1971, 1095-9254, 1095-9254
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Zusammenfassung:Intervention studies with urban adolescents and families affected by asthma are critical to improving the disproportionate morbidity in this population. Community-based recruitment and retention strategies in a multi-site longitudinal project evaluating an asthma self-management intervention for adolescents are presented. Successful recruitment strategies depended on the geographic and cultural characteristics of each study site. Partnering with providers and groups known to the target population and in-person contact with target population were found effective. Flexibility accommodating modified and new approaches, securing multiple contacts and repeating mailings as well as capitalizing on the benefits of subject payment was critical to achieving long-term subject engagement of 85% in the study. Ongoing monitoring and adjustment of recruitment and retention strategies is recommended.
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ISSN:0140-1971
1095-9254
1095-9254
DOI:10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.03.004