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Articles: Increasing Participation in Prevention Research: Strategies for Youths, Parents, and Schools
Author(s) -
Hooven Carole,
Walsh Elaine,
Willgerodt Mayumi,
Salazar Amy
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2011.00288.x
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , psychology , medical education , nursing , medicine
TOPIC: Subject participation is a critical concern for clinicians and researchers involved in prevention programs, especially for intensive interventions that require randomized assignment and lengthy youth and parent involvement. PURPOSE: This article describes details of an integrated approach used to recruit and retain at‐risk high school youths, their parents, and high schools to two different comprehensive, “indicated” prevention programs. SOURCES USED: Parent and youth recruitment and retention data for the two studies is provided in support of the approach described. A coordinated, multilevel approach, organized around cross‐cutting issues, is described in detail as a response to the challenges of including vulnerable populations in intervention research. CONCLUSION: Methods are relevant to nurse clinicians who deliver prevention programs, and are important to clinical research that relies upon adequate participation in research programs.