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 | Deborah Capaldi discusses what she has learned from the Oregon Youth Study on how to recruit and retain subjects. Q&A |
 | Attrition Patterns in Your Study Design John B. Reid suggests ways to address attrition patterns in school-based studies. Quick Tip - 2 minutes 16 seconds |
| John B. Reid shares anecdotes about what has to be done to keep participants involved. Quick Tip - 1 minute 41 seconds |
| 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 |
| In locating hard-to-find participants for follow-up, there is a fine line between persistence and annoyance, says John E. Bates. Quick Tip - 2 minutes 28 seconds |
| Cassandra Simmel discusses how she has tracked youth who are in foster care. Quick Tip - 1 minute 38 seconds |
| 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. Q&A |
| 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 |
| Erika E. Forbes gives research participants small tokens to express her appreciation. Quick Tip - 44 seconds |
| Incentives in Foster Care Research According to Cassandra Simmel, incentives can be extremely useful in research with mobile populations. Quick Tip - 48 seconds |
| Indigenous Staff Help With Retention Victoria D. Ojeda addresses one of the difficulties of working with a mobile research population. Quick Tip |
| Hear from John B. Reid about ways to keep participants involved. Quick Tip - 1 minute 32 seconds |
| Participant follow-up in longitudinal studies involving children is a big challenge with bipolar research, states Kiki D. Chang. Quick Tip - 1 minute 37 seconds |
| David A. Axelson describes three techniques to retain families in longitudinal studies. Quick Tip |
| J. Steven Reznick talks about what he has done to retain families in longitudinal studies. Quick Tip - 2 minutes 21 seconds |
| Mace Coday describes effective retention strategies used in a group of behavioral intervention trials. Q&A |
| 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 |
| Mark S. Bauer gives advice about simplifying what is required of participants. Quick Tip - 2 minutes 31 seconds |
| Connection and communication are paths to retention, suggests Aude Henin. Quick Tip |
| Operationally Defining Attrition Discussion of attrition from the point of view of a graduate student, Kathy Zebracki. Q&A |
| Ruth Chao discusses incentives for schools. Quick Tip - 1 minute 18 seconds |
| Practical Issues in Participant Retention See Magda Stouthamer-Loeber's answers to some common questions about keeping and tracking participants. Q&A |
| Psychological Barriers to Seeking Treatment Holly Swartz discusses her research experience studying psychological barriers to seeking treatment. Quick Tip - 2 minutes 31 seconds |
| Recruitment and Retention of Sex Worker Participants Victoria D. Ojeda explains the partnerships that facilitate research with sex workers in Tijuana. Quick Tip - 2 minutes 56 seconds |
| Reimbursement Issues in Research With Sex Workers and Drug Users Empathy and respect ground decisions regarding reimbursement, suggests Victoria D. Ojeda. Quick Tip - 2 minutes 55 seconds |
| 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 |
| Studying Bipolar Disorder in Young Adults Communication with young adults is complicated, admits Aude Henin, but putting in that effort is vital. Quick Tip |
| Tracking and Retention Procedures for Adolescent Substance-abusers Kathleen Meyers provides detailed guidelines for tracking difficult-to-retain youth. Q&A |
| 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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