ReviewInternational journal of behavioral medicine2014
Recruitment and retention of children in behavioral health risk factor studies: REACH strategies.
Review in International journal of behavioral medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
44 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 81 citations in OpenAlex.
- Unpacking Parenting Intervention Content for Child Maltreatment: A Systematic Review Examining Core Components.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Pooled it
- Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes in U.S. Hispanic Youth: A Systematic Review of Lifestyle Interventions.American journal of preventive medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Influence of prenatal exercise on the relationship between maternal overweight and obesity and select delivery outcomes.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- A whole family-based physical activity promotion intervention: findings from the families reporting every step to health (FRESH) pilot randomised controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Trial
- Trial
- Trial
- Loss to follow-up in a randomized controlled trial study for pediatric weight management (EPOC).BMC pediatrics · 2016Trial
- Research Review: A scoping review exploring the needs, barriers, and facilitators to the collection of biological data in adolescence for mental health research.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026Review
- Honoring childhood agency in developmental research: Best practices, applications, and insights.Methods in Psychology (Online) · 2025Article
- Where Did You Hear About Us?: Examining How Referral Sources Impact Recruitment and Retention Within a Behavioral Parent Training Program.Journal of community psychology · 2025Article
- Structures and strategies for retaining an international pediatric cohort from birth: Lessons from The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2025Article
- Getting them through the door: screening optimization strategies for behavioral parent training.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Structures and Strategies for Retaining an International Pediatric Cohort from Birth: Lessons from The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) Study.Research square · 2024Article
- Enrollment, adherence and retention rates among musculoskeletal disorders rehabilitation practitioners in knowledge translation studies: a systematic review and meta-regression.Implementation science communications · 2024Review
- A feasibility study of mindfulness-based interventions for children.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2024Article
- Participant recruitment for paediatric research using social media: A practical 'how-to' guide for researchers.Nutrition & dietetics : the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia · 2023Review
- A Technology-Enhanced Intervention for Violence and Substance Use Prevention Among Young Black Men: Protocol for Adaptation and Pilot Testing.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Use of Bland-Altman Analysis to Examine the Racial and Ethnic Representativeness of Study Populations in Community-Based Pediatric Health Research.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Recruitment and retention into longitudinal health research from an adolescent perspective: a qualitative study.BMC medical research methodology · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundChildren are a common target group in behavioral health research. Yet their recruitment into community setting studies poses challenges to researchers and little guidance exists on recruitment and retention methods. PURPOSE: This study aims to present successful strategies for the recruitment and retention of children into behavioral health risk factor studies.
methodFirstly, a literature search in various databases was undertaken for papers published 1990-2012, focusing on recruitment and retention methods used in community-based studies with children aged 3-18 years. Secondly, a Delphi study was conducted in 2012 with 27 international experts in the fields of child-related behavioral health risk factors to gather expertise and consensus on successful recruitment and retention strategies applicable in children.
resultsThe literature review and Delphi study yielded a set of successful child recruitment and retention strategies, and examples for implementation. These are presented as strategies to Recruit, Engage and retAin Children in behavioral Health risk factor studies (REACH). Recognized strategies for successful recruitment and retention included building trustful relationships between researchers and study partners, parents, and children; having project champions; optimizing consent and follow-up procedures; offering incentives to study partners, children, and parents; minimizing participant burden; and designing feasible studies with cohesive research teams.
conclusionUsing multiple REACH strategies is most promising for maximizing response rates and minimizing attrition of children in cross-sectional, longitudinal, and behavioral intervention studies in community settings such as schools, child care centers, and other youth-related organizations. Researchers can select the most suitable strategies based on their specific study design and requirements.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.