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Retention and Attrition

 

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97 Percent Retention

Deborah Capaldi discusses what she has learned from the Oregon Youth Study on how to recruit and retain subjects.

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Attrition Patterns in Your Study Design

John B. Reid suggests ways to address attrition patterns in school-based studies.

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Chocolate Cake and Hair Dye

John B. Reid shares anecdotes about what has to be done to keep participants involved.

Quick Tip - 1 minute 41 seconds


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Compensating Community Members

Research participants acts as consultants for their communities and should be valued as such, says Darrell P. Wheeler.

Quick Tip - 1 minute 55 seconds


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Creative Retention Methods

In locating hard-to-find participants for follow-up, there is a fine line between persistence and annoyance, says John E. Bates.

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Devote Time to Tracking

Cassandra Simmel discusses how she has tracked youth who are in foster care.

Quick Tip - 1 minute 38 seconds


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Family and Child Involvement and Retention in Youth Mental Health

Katherine E. Grimes and Jeannette Adames discuss a systemic approach to assessment, intervention and retention in a comprehensive children’s mental health program.

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Gaining Sanction from Community Leaders

Velma McBride Murry details the importance of establishing a relationship with the community in order to retain participants.

Quick Tip - 2 minutes 18 seconds


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Incentives in Foster Care Research

According to Cassandra Simmel, incentives can be extremely useful in research with mobile populations.

Quick Tip - 48 seconds


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Just Go Get Them

Hear from John B. Reid about ways to keep participants involved.

Quick Tip - 1 minute 32 seconds


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Keeping Families in the Study

J. Steven Reznick talks about what he has done to retain families in longitudinal studies.

Quick Tip - 2 minutes 21 seconds


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Keeping Participants Involved

Mace Coday describes effective retention strategies used in a group of behavioral intervention trials.

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Making Sure the Incentive is not Coercive

John Landsverk suggests focus groups as a way to determine fair incentives.

Quick Tip - 2 minutes 4 seconds


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Minimizing Respondent Burden

Mark S. Bauer gives advice about simplifying what is required of participants.

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Operationally Defining Attrition

Discussion of attrition from the point of view of a graduate student, Kathy Zebracki.

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Pay Them Well

Ruth Chao discusses incentives for schools.

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Practical Issues in Participant Retention

See Magda Stouthamer-Loeber's answers to some common questions about keeping and tracking participants.

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Savvy Participants

Darrell P. Wheeler describes why community members might seek participation in a study where they don't fit the selection criteria.

Quick Tip - 2 minutes 20 seconds


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Tracking and Retention Procedures for Adolescent Substance-abusers

Kathleen Meyers provides detailed guidelines for tracking difficult-to-retain youth.

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Using Incentives with Teachers

Robert C. Pianta describes types of incentives he has used in his research with teachers.

Quick Tip - 1 minute 3 seconds


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Family and Child Involvement and Retention in Youth Mental Health
Katherine E. Grimes and Jeannette Adames discuss a systemic approach to assessment, intervention and retention in a comprehensive children’s mental health program. Read More »


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Tracking and Retention Procedures for Adolescent Substance-abusers
Kathleen Meyers provides detailed guidelines for tracking difficult-to-retain youth. Read More »



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