Trial reportPublic health nursing (Boston, Mass.)2013
Recruitment and retention strategies for a community-based weight management study for multi-ethnic elementary school children and their parents.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- School-based self-management interventions for asthma in children and adolescents: a mixed methods systematic review.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Community wide interventions for increasing physical activity.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Benefits for African American and white low-income 7-10-year-old children and their parents taught together in a community-based weight management program in the rural southeastern United States.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- Recruitment and retention of urban schoolchildren into a randomized double-blind vitamin D supplementation trial.Clinical trials (London, England) · 2015Trial
- Strategic recruitment and retention for pediatric research: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Recruitment and retention of underrepresented and vulnerable populations to research.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.) · 2021Article
- Enhancing Recruitment and Retention of Minority Populations for Clinical Research in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2021Article
- Outreach and innovation: Communication strategies for the ABCD Study.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2018Article
- Approaching Retention within the ABCD Study.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2018Review
- The Jackson Heart KIDS Pilot Study: Theory-Informed Recruitment in an African American Population.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2017Article
- Why do parents enrol in a childhood obesity management program?: a qualitative study with parents of overweight and obese children.BMC public health · 2017Article
- Review
- The family partners for health study: a cluster randomized controlled trial for child and parent weight management.Nutrition & diabetes · 2014Article
- Schools as Sites for Recruiting Participants and Implementing Research.Journal of community health nursingArticle
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Abstract
This article describes successful recruitment and retention strategies for a community-based weight management study in two school districts in North Carolina. Recruitment and retention on both district and school levels and child and parent levels are discussed. A total of 358 children and 358 parents from eight schools in rural North Carolina participated in a randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of a nutrition and exercise education, coping skills training, and exercise intervention. Recruitment and retention at the district and school level included meeting with superintendents and receiving a proper introduction to school principals and consistently clear communication throughout the study. At the school level, relationships were developed with the principal and other key personnel to keep lines of communication open during the study. Recruitment and retention strategies at the child and parent level included allowing adequate time for questions during consent and assent and providing a free nutrition and exercise program, a light meal, homework assistance, child care for other children who came to the program, and transportation vouchers if needed. Successful recruitment and retention strategies at the district and school levels and child and parent levels are important for conducting longitudinal community-based studies.
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