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. 2014 Jan 1;43(2):132-150.
doi: 10.1080/02739615.2013.837821.

Factors associated with recruitment and retention of diverse children with asthma

Maria Teresa Coutinho  1 , Daphne Koinis-Mitchell  1 , Sheryl J Kopel  1 , Lilia Romero-Bosch  1 , Debra Lobato  1 , Elizabeth L McQuaid  1 , Ronald Seifer  1 , Gregory K Fritz  1 , Glorisa Canino  2
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Factors associated with recruitment and retention of diverse children with asthma

Maria Teresa Coutinho et al. Child Health Care. .

Abstract

This study examines factors associated with recruitment and retention of Latino, Dominican (DR) and mainland Puerto Rican (PR), and non-Latino white (NLW) families into a pediatric asthma study. Over eleven hundred (n=1185) families were screened, and 489 (n= 174 NLW, n= 160 DR, n= 155 PR) were enrolled. Rates of recruitment by source of recruitment and rates of retention differed by ethnic group. Families whose caregiver had never married had lower odds of completing the study. The findings highlight the need for further study to examine the effectiveness of specific recruitment and retention strategies with Latino and non-Latino white families.

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Figure 1. Screening, eligibility and enrollment of participants
Note. Ethnicity data is incomplete for participants who did not enroll in the study
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