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Participant Retention in the Parents Matter! Program: Strategies and Outcome

We present a discussion of the literature addressing retention of ethnic minority samples in longitudinal studies. In addition, we describe the retention procedures implemented in the Parents Matter! Program (PMP), a community-based sexual risk reduction intervention for African American families. F...

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Published in:Journal of child and family studies 2004-03, Vol.13 (1), p.67-80
Main Authors: Armistead, Lisa P, Clark, Heather, Barber, C. Nekol, Dorsey, Shannon, Hughley, Jennifer, Favors, Marcia, Wyckoff, Sarah C
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Language:English
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Summary:We present a discussion of the literature addressing retention of ethnic minority samples in longitudinal studies. In addition, we describe the retention procedures implemented in the Parents Matter! Program (PMP), a community-based sexual risk reduction intervention for African American families. Finally, the results of PMP's retention strategies are presented.
ISSN:1062-1024
1573-2843
DOI:10.1023/B:JCFS.0000010491.03013.5e