Gifts are Great

Erika E. Forbes gives research participants small tokens to express her appreciation.

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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.

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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.

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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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Minimizing Respondent Burden

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

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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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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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Pay Them Well

Ruth Chao discusses incentives for schools.

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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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Keeping Families in the Study

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

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