Predictors of Retention in an Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Prevention Study

This article explored retention patterns, as well as factors that predicted these patterns, in the evaluation of a relationship-based substance abuse prevention intervention study that targeted inner-city African American youth. A total of 851 contacts were made to retain 82% (n = 104) of the baseli...

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Published in:Evaluation review 2006-04, Vol.30 (2), p.209-222
Main Authors: Zand, Debra, Thomson, Nicole Renick, Dugan, Mary, Braun, James A., Holterman-Hommes, Pat, Hunter, Patricia L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
African Americans
Alcohol
Alcohol Drinking - prevention & control
Alcohol use
Child
Children & youth
Drug abuse
Drug prevention
Evaluation
Families & family life
Family
Family relations
Female
Humans
Inner city
Male
Mentors
Patient Dropouts - statistics & numerical data
Perceptions
Poverty
Predictive Value of Tests
Prevention
Program Evaluation
Regression analysis
Research methods
Smoking Prevention
Substance Abuse
Substance-Related Disorders - prevention & control
Substance-Related Disorders - rehabilitation
Tobacco
U.S.A
Urban Population
Urban youth
Youth
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Summary:This article explored retention patterns, as well as factors that predicted these patterns, in the evaluation of a relationship-based substance abuse prevention intervention study that targeted inner-city African American youth. A total of 851 contacts were made to retain 82% (n = 104) of the baseline sample (N = 127) in the evaluation. Results from multinomial regression analyses indicated that participantswho were retained in the evaluation were more likely to perceive alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use as less risky and were more likely to report higher levels of family supervision than were evaluation attrits. Those who were easy to retain reported lower family conflict and fewer family relocations during the past year than those who were difficult to retain. Implications of these findings for developing retention strategies, as well as future research, are discussed.
ISSN:0193-841X
1552-3926
DOI:10.1177/0193841X05281160