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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Published in:Journal of adolescence (London, England.) Vol. 65; pp. 123 - 132
Main Authors: Grape, Annette, Rhee, Hyekyun, Wicks, Mona, Tumiel-Berhalter, Laurene, Sloand, Elizabeth
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2018
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Subjects:
Adolescents
Asthma
Attrition
Community-based research
Cultural groups
Cultural values
Disease prevention
Human subjects
Intervention
Morbidity
Multicenter studies
Recruitment
Research methodology
Retention
Self evaluation
Self Management
Selfmanagement
Strategies
Teenagers
Urban areas
Urban recruitment
Urban Youth
Urban recruitment
Retention
Adolescents
Community-based research
Strategies
ISSN:0140-1971, 1095-9254, 1095-9254
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Summary: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