ArticleEthnicity & disease2015
Participant Retention in a Longitudinal National Telephone Survey of African American Men and Women.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Understanding Attrition and Bolstering Retention in a Longitudinal Panel of Older Adults: ORANJ BOWL.Innovation in aging · 2021Article
- Do neighborhood characteristics contribute beyond individual demographics to cancer control behaviors among African American adults?Cancer epidemiology · 2020Article
- Factors Influencing Web-Based Survey Response for a Longitudinal Cohort of Young Women Born Between 1989 and 1995.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Article
- A Longitudinal Study of Religiosity, Spiritual Health Locus of Control, and Health Behaviors in a National Sample of African Americans.Journal of religion and health · 2018Article
- Positive and Negative Religious Coping Styles as Prospective Predictors of Well-Being in African Americans.Psychology of religion and spirituality · 2018Article
- Retaining a Sample of Homeless Youth.Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent · 2018Article
- Role of religious social support in longitudinal relationships between religiosity and health-related outcomes in African Americans.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2018Article
- Longitudinal effects of religious involvement on religious coping and health behaviors in a national sample of African Americans.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2017Article
- The relationship between religious beliefs and behaviors and changes in spiritual health locus of control over time in a national sample of African Americans.Mental health, religion & culture · 2017Article
- Religious Participation is Associated with Increases in Religious Social Support in a National Longitudinal Study of African Americans.Journal of religion and health · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this article is to describe participant demographic factors related to retention, and to report on retention strategies in a national study of African Americans re-contacted 2.5 years after an initial baseline telephone interview. DESIGN &
settingThe Religion and Health in African Americans (RHIAA) study was originally developed as a cross-sectional telephone survey to examine relationships between religious involvement and health-related factors in a national sample of African Americans. The cohort was re-contacted on average of 2.5 years later for a follow-up interview.
participantsRHIAA participants were 2,803 African American men (1,202) and women (1,601).
interventionsRHIAA used retention strategies consistent with recommendations from Hunt and White. Participants also received a lay summary of project findings.
main outcome measuresRetention at the follow-up interview.
resultsRetention rates ranged from 39%- 41%. Retained participants tended to be older and female. In age- and sex-adjusted analyses, retained participants were more educated, single, and in better health status than those not retained. There was no difference in religious involvement in adjusted analyses.
conclusionsAlthough overall retention rates are lower than comparable longitudinal studies, RHIAA was not originally designed as a longitudinal study and so lacked a number of structures associated with long-term studies. However, this project illustrates the feasibility of conducting lengthy cold call telephone interviews with an African American population and helps to identify some participant factors related to retention and study strategies that may aid in retention.
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