Recruitment and Retention of Latino Immigrant Families in Prevention Research

The development and testing of culturally competent interventions relies on the recruitment and retention of ethnic minority populations. Minority immigrants are a population of keen interest given their widespread growth, needs, and contributions to communities in which they settle, and particularl...

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Published in:Prevention science 2012-02, Vol.13 (1), p.15-26
Main Authors: Martinez, Charles R., McClure, Heather H., Eddy, J. Mark, Ruth, Betsy, Hyers, Melanie J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Factors
Central America
Child and School Psychology
Cultural Competency - psychology
Economics
Emigrants and Immigrants - psychology
Emigrants and Immigrants - statistics & numerical data
Ethnic minorities
Family
Family - psychology
Family studies
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Psychology
Health Services Research - methods
Hispanic Americans - psychology
Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data
Hispanic-Americans
Hispanics
Humans
Immigrants
Intervention
Longitudinal studies
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mexico
Minorities
Minority & ethnic groups
Patient Selection
Politics
Population
Prevention
Primary Prevention - methods
Prospective Studies
Public Health
Recruitment
Science
Sex Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
South America
U.S.A
United States
Youth
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Summary:The development and testing of culturally competent interventions relies on the recruitment and retention of ethnic minority populations. Minority immigrants are a population of keen interest given their widespread growth, needs, and contributions to communities in which they settle, and particularly recent immigrants from Mexico and Central and South American countries. However, recruitment and retention strategies for entirely immigrant samples are rarely discussed in the literature. The current article describes lessons learned from two family-focused longitudinal prevention research studies of Latino immigrants in Oregon—the Adolescent Latino Acculturation Study (ALAS) and the Latino Youth and Family Empowerment Project-II (LYFE-II). Social, legal, economic, and political contexts are considered that shape Latino immigrants’ experiences in their home countries as well as in the United States. The implications of these contexts for effective recruitment and retention strategies are discussed.
ISSN:1389-4986
1573-6695
DOI:10.1007/s11121-011-0239-0