Mohamed El-Khorazaty|Allan A. Johnson|Michele Kiely|Ayman El?Mohandes|Siva Subramanian|Haziel Laryea|Kennan Murray|Jutta Thornberry|Jill G. Joseph
Recruitment and retention of low-income minority women in a behavioral intervention to reduce smoking, depression, and intimate partner violence during pregnancy
RTI International|Howard University|Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development|George Washington University|Washington University Medical Center|Georgetown University|Howard University|RTI International|Children's National
abstract background researchers frequently encountered difficulties recruitment retention minorities resulting underrepresentation clinical trials report describes successful strategies recruitment retention african americans latinos randomized clinical trial reduce smoking depression intimate partner violence pregnancy sociodemographic characteristics risk profiles retained vs nonretained women lost followup vs droppedout women presented addition subgroups pregnant women less likely retained identified methods pregnant african american women latinas washington dc residents aged 18 years 28 weeks gestational age less recruited six prenatal care clinics potentially eligible women screened sociodemographic eligibility presence selected behavioral psychological risks using audio computerassisted selfinterview eligible women consented participate completed baseline telephone evaluation enrolled study randomly assigned either intervention usual care group results 1398 eligible women 1191 85 agreed participate study 1191 women agreeing participate 1070 completed baseline evaluation enrolled study randomized recruitment rate 90 enrolled 1044 african american women total 849 women completed study retention rate 79 five percent dropped 12 losttofollow women retained study retained statistically different regard sociodemographic characteristics targeted risks retention strategies included financial incentives regular updates contact information tracked monitored computerized data management system available project staff attention cultural competence implementation study procedures appropriately selected trained supervised staff single less educated alcohol drug users nonworking nonwic women represent minority women expected low retention rates conclusion conclude targeted recruitment retention strategies minority women participate high rates behavioral clinical trials also found women drop different women lost followup require different strategies optimize completion study